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National Labor Relations Board

New Mandatory Poster from NLRB now available

September 14, 2011

Mandatory poster explaining employee rights under NLRB This is a new manadatory posting for employers in the United States.  The failure to post comes with teeth.  Be sure you understand the new requirements. From the NLRB web site: A workplace poster that describes employee rights under the National Labor Relations Act is now available for [...]

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Social Media Spotlight

September 2, 2011

Via Scoop.it – Labor and employee Relations Welcome! If you are new here, consider subscribing to our FREE newsletter or subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic. Show original

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Human Resource Leaders, Keep Your CEO Out of Prison

September 1, 2011

Via Scoop.it – Labor and employee Relations Oliver Bell, Inc. Warns Employers that Non-compliance with proposed reporting changes in the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) could carry stiff penalties, including prison time for your top executives (CEO/CFO). Show original

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HR: In case you missed the memo, SHRM needs your support this week

July 27, 2011

Federal Legislative Action Alert I got an email from SHRM yesterday asking for assistance in contacting Congress about an important bill currently in play, H.R. 2587, the Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act.   This is a surprisingly strong position for SHRM to take.  It is also important to business. You should read it and determine [...]

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16 foot rat declared to be constitutional by NLRB

June 1, 2011

I haven’t been writing much lately on the blog.  I’ve been doing a lot of internal project related business writing, and doing that always seems to stifle my ability to write about other stuff.  I haven’t written a straight up labor relations update in quite a while.   This won’t exacty be a “thought leadership” post, but it [...]

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Day 3 in DC: What would Frances Perkins say about micro unions?

March 16, 2011

Random Department of Labor video I spent the afternoon walking around Washington DC today.  I wound up in front of the Frances Perkins building, which is the home to the United States Department of Labor.    I looked around for picketers and protesters, but I didn’t see any.   I visited some museums, and shot some random [...]

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10 more Labor Relations resources for HR

March 10, 2011

 Wisconsin could be the spark of resurgent labor union activity   Labor relations is in the news in a big way right now, all across the country thanks to the issues surrounding public employee unions and collective bargaining rights, especially in Wisconsin.  We may be seeing the greatest grassroots resurgence for labor unions in my lifetime.   [...]

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10 Labor Relations Resources for HR

March 9, 2011

How to stay current on developments in labor relations When I speak, I am often asked where the average HR pro can go to keep up with developing trends in labor relations and labor law.   Here are my top 10 resources. The first source everyone should pay attention to is the National Labor Relations Board [...]

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Breaking: NLRB settlement imposes heavy employer remedies

February 28, 2011

Board imposes heavy remedies on Missouri company The National Labor Relations Board has been discussing using more strict employer remedies in recent days, and a case they just settled contains many of these remedies, including requiring a company executive to read the terms of the settlement aloud before all employees, and granting access to the [...]

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Union to pay millions for illegally obtaining workers private information

February 28, 2011

Union accessed worker’s home addresses illegally A union is going to have to pay millions of dollars for imporporerly obtaining the home addresses of employees at the Cintas company, according to this story from the Courthouse News Service: A textile union must pay more than $4 million under the settlement of a federal class action that [...]

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