Steroids are so 2010. With high profile baseball players like Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera and Cleveland’s Shin-Soo Choo getting arrested this year for DUI, Major League Baseball aims to crack down on certain off-the-field conduct that could give the sport a black eye. More on how this could factor into…
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A rare, but important, employer NLRB victory
On April 29, a unanimous three-member panel (including Member Hayes) agreed to set aside the results of an election that the Service Employees International Union lost by a 131-82 vote. How is that good news for employers? Find out, after the jump. * * * According to the BNA Daily…
Thomson Reuters had a sh!ttier week than you…
Did a bunch of bloggers sue you last week for wage and hour violations? Has the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) threatened to file a complaint against you for Twitter shenanigans? Well, that was Thomson Reuters’ week. And, as you can imagine, it sucked. I share their grief, after the…
What do social media, genetics and the NFL have in common?
Nothing really. But I needed to combine three topics into one quick blog post. On Genetics I will be presenting a webinar tomorrow (2/16) at 1:30 PM EST on how the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act will affect your company. If you had to click on the hyperlink, then you probably…
How the Facebook firing settlement affects YOUR company
A company accused of violating federal law for firing an employee for comments she made on Facebook about her supervisor has settled. How does this settlement affect how your company can control employee engagement in social networking activities? The answer, after the jump. * * * Last year, the NLRB’s Hartford…
Employers may have to tell employees how to form a union
The National Labor Relations Board is concerned that your employees don’t know how to form a union. And the Board wants YOU to tell them how to do it. Don’t believe me? Read all about it after the jump. According to a recent press release from the NLRB: *cue the…
Unions are using social media to organize YOUR workforce.
Even without theNational Labor Relations Board may decide cases in a way that enhances the union’s ability to organize a workforce. The the Board may also place additional limits on employer speech rights and attempt to give union organizers access to an employer’s workplace. But even without direct, on-site access…
Unions can hang banners (slow news day)
I’ll admit it. Posts about union protests are boring. It’s true. So I pick and choose my moments. Like the time I wrote about a union and its 10-foot inflatable rat. That was interesting quirky somewhat eventful. Hmmm…. Let’s make this quick: On August 27, the National Labor Relations Board…