It's official: Michigan's "right-to-work" law takes effect *

USA - April 3 2013
On March 28, 2013, Michigan's "right-to-work" law, the Workplace Fairness and Equity Act, went into effect. The law prohibits any requirement that an…

Co-authors: Matthew C. Tews.

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The National Labor Relations Board changes course - witness statements obtained during workplace investigations may now be discoverable *

USA - January 11 2013
Until recently, the National Labor Relations Board's decision in Anheuser-Busch, 237 NLRB 982 (1978), was clear: employers were not obligated to…

Co-authors: Matthew C. Tews.

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The NLRB knocks Costco's rule regarding employees' use of social media down to size! *

USA - September 21 2012
The National Labor Relations Board agrees with the Agency's General Counsel—blanket rules and policies that prohibit employees from making online statements that are "damaging" to their employer violate the National Labor Relations Act.

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NLRB to employers: policy prohibiting employees from discussing workplace investigations with co-workers may violate Section 7 of the NLRA *

USA - August 27 2012
Employers should revisit their policies related to workplace investigations in light of the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB's) recent decision in Banner Health System, in which the Board, in a 2-1 decision, held that a policy of routinely asking employees not to discuss ongoing workplace investigations violated Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act.

Co-authors: Amy B. Conway.

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Federal court temporarily halts implementation of the NLRB's employee rights posting rule *

USA - April 18 2012
The District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals granted an emergency injunction yesterday and ordered that the implementation of the National Labor Relations Board’s Employee Rights Posting Rule be further delayed pending the outcome of litigation over the Rule’s legality (the posting requirement was set to take effect on April 30, 2012).

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