by admin | Aug 28, 2014 | NLRB
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently ruled that a Facebook discussion on an employer's tax withholding calculations and an employee's "like" of the discussion constituted "protected, concerted activity" under the National...
by admin | Jul 30, 2014 | NLRB
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Office of the General Counsel has investigated charges alleging that McDonald’s franchisees and their franchisor, McDonald’s, USA, LLC, violated the rights of employees as a result of activities surrounding...
by Girish Anand | Jun 16, 2014 | NLRB
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for the first time in the agency’s history recently conducted a trial examination of a witness via international videoconferencing. NLRB Region 20 in San Francisco worked with employees of the US Embassy in Madrid,...
by Girish Anand | May 22, 2014 | NLRB, OSHA
While hoping to get Congress to increase the 30-day statute of limitation for claims of whistleblower retaliation at work, OSHA administrator David Michaels has commenced a cooperative program with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for concurrent claim...
by Girish Anand | Apr 24, 2014 | NLRB
Football scholarship athletes at Northwestern University go to the ballot box tomorrow to decide whether to recognize a union to bargain in their behalf. The vote follows a ruling by the regional director of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that student...
by Girish Anand | Mar 26, 2014 | NLRB
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), in a regional decision springing from efforts of student athletes at Northwestern University, has ruled that amateur college players have the right to unionize. Peter Sung Ohr, regional NLRB director in Chicago, wrote:...