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Employment-at-Will: Walking the Fine Line, Part II
At-Will Disclaimers and the NLRB Previously on The Emplawyerologist we explored how an employer can avoid unwittingly creating an implied contract that eradicates employment at-will status. The...
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Has the NLRB “Outlawed” Confidentiality in Workplace Investigations?
We have been discussing the who, what, when, where, why and how of workplace investigations. Many of us have heard about recent National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rulings holding that requiring...
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Is Your Code of Conduct Unlawful? Ask the NLRB
Suppose you have been struggling with low morale and lack of cooperation among your employees, low client satisfaction, and high employee turnover. Your company culture needs an instantaneous makeover,...
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Will Your Social Media Policies and Practices Pass NLRB Muster?
Remember Careful Colleen, the HR Director for Exceptional Enterprises from last week’s post? (Click here if you didn’t get to meet her.) Aside from confidentiality policies, Colleen has made sure that...
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Can the NLRB Decide Your Policies on After-Hours Access to the Workplace?
Do you limit off-hour access to the workplace to your employees? Many employers do, and with good reasons, such as security issues, liability for injuries, property damage, minimizing disruption to...
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The NLRB and You: What (Not) to Do When Your Employee Rants
I’ve posted about the NLRB and social media issues (and employee rants) previously here . So what else could there be to say about the subject? Has anything changed? Well, last month a Circuit Court...
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The NLRB Says Your Employee Handbooks May (Still) Violate Employees’ Rights
The NLRB has decided another case regarding employee handbooks. No news there. What new problems could the NLRB find with employee handbooks? To many employers, it seems the NLRB has beaten this one to...
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(When) Can You Fire Employees Because of Their Politics?
This week, Uno Pizzeria & Grill in Burlington, Vermont, reportedly fired an employee for participating in a white supremacist rally. Berkley-based hot dog vendor Top Dog was rumored to have done...
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The NLRB Now Says You Might Not Have to Scrap All Your Employee Handbook...
You remember hearing in the last several years that the NLRB was striking down many policies in Employee Handbooks that were cornerstone employment practices? (If you don’t, read my previous posts...
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