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National Labor Relations Board

The Zombie Employee Free Choice Act is back!

August 8, 2010

Never waste a good piece of legislation! From Drop Box Just when you thought it was safe to think about other issues, and move forward to being scared by some new threatening piece of legislation looming on the horizon, the Employee Free Choice Act is back.   Much like the zombies made famous by George Romero, [...]

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The National Labor Relations Board can cost you money!

July 13, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Two Texas employees settle for $900,000 Many HR people never have an occassion to hear from the National Labor Relations Board.  If and when you do, it is easy to consider them to be a somewhat obscure organization with little authority. Here is a reason for you to perk up and take [...]

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National Labor Relations Board: There’s an app for that!

June 15, 2010

Image via Wikipedia NLRB releases a site for mobile phone users Check out this use of mobile technology by the National Labor Relations Board.  Continuing their push into social technology, the NLRB has set up a website providing access to their information from your mobile phone.   Lawyers, managers and union organizers will now be able [...]

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EFCA Light on the way?

June 10, 2010

Image via Wikipedia The new National Labor Relations Board is making the first big move in what is expected to be many changes to the long-standing rules and processes governing elections that determine union representation in the workplace.   My friend Phil Wilson from the Labor Relations Institute broke this information on his company website this [...]

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Labor Relations Roundup: New Leadership, Old Arguments, Bailouts

May 24, 2010

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Management and Labor Unions still at odds If you work in human resources, there are a lot of things going on right now – very quietly for the most part – that are going to impact the field, especially if you deal with labor relations.   If you work in [...]

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Talking Human Resources and Social Media Policy

May 22, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Important Human Resources Information Earlier this week, I made an appearance on the DriveThruHR radio show hosted weekdays by my buddy, Bryan Wempen.  I talked about recent trends in the labor relations fields and how they will impact those of currently doing  a human resources job every day.   So if you want [...]

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Life under the new National Labor Relations Board

April 12, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Employers will be impacted   Here is some stuff on how the new appointments to the National Labor Relations Baord,  Craig Becker and Mark Pearce will begin to affect board policy over the next months. The short version:  The NLRB is now very pro-labor! The more specific longer version:    Expect to see case decisions [...]

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Federal Labor Agencies Put Social Media to Work

March 28, 2010

NLRB on Facebook and Twitter From Drop Box I have mixed emotions about writing about this topic. I mean, it can’t be a bad thing that the U.S. Government is actually advancing the use of social media tools by getting some of the agencies out there in the forefront, using the tools, right? I just [...]

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Labor Management Issues Still Simmering

November 5, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Labor and Employment Law Conference Today was day one of the 3rd annual ABA Labor and Employment Law Annual CLE Conference.  Like most conference events, this one comes complete with keynotes speakers and various breakout sessions.   Instead of being a conference for HR practitioners, this is a mainly a conference for lawyers. [...]

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