In an August 27, 2015 decision, a majority of the Board found that the Purple Communications standard, with respect to an employer’s email system, would apply without exception to healthcare providers and, in particular, for acute care hospitals. Contrary to the cogent arguments put forth by member Johnson in his dissent, the majority found…

The NLRB continues to overrule long-standing case law in key areas. Last week, in particular, two major determinations of the NLRB issued which will no doubt be tested before the courts of appeal. One, involving the Joint Employer Doctrine for which this Firm issued a client alert, can be reviewed here; the second…

On June 26, 2015 the Board issued a decision in American Baptist Homes of the West d/b/a Piedmont Gardens in which it overruled precedent that has been in place since 1978 which had exempt witness statements from disclosure under the request for information guidelines per Section 8(a)5 of the Act. Notwithstanding strong public policy to…

I understand the need to “push the envelope” when you sit in the position of being a prosecutor, as does the General Counsel for the NLRB, but the Board itself does not sit in that role.  Nor should it ignore the legal directions of the Supreme Court, and other courts of this land, which have…

Before the advent of the digital age, when there was an organizing campaign afoot, most employers would be told by their legal counsel to put their rolodex under lock and key, and to review their standard no solicitation/no distribution policies in an effort to slow down organizing attempts in their workplace.  Obviously much of this…