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Wash His Mouth Out With Soap!
The National Labor Relations Board under the Obama Administration has been in the news quite a bit lately. It has repeatedly been accused of ignoring past legal precedent in order to favor employees and unions over employers. While the agency has always been one of the most politicized in the federal government, it seems to have really outdone itself in a recent case involving a dealer. You be the judge.
NLRB BANS ATTEMPTS TO RESTRICT CLASS CLAIMS OF NON-UNION EMPLOYEES
Employers suffered yet another setback recently at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) when the NLRB announced a ruling striking down most arbitration agreements which contain a so-called class action waiver. The case involved D.R. Horton. As a result of this opinion, employers are no longer permitted to require employees to sign arbitration agreements that prevent employees from joining together to pursue employment-related claims, whether in arbitration or in court.
The NLRB Takes Its Internet Battle to a Non-Unionized Workplace
On May 9, 2011, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a complaint alleging that Hispanics United, a Buffalo non-profit that provides social services to low-income clients, violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when it fired five employees after they used Facebook to criticize working conditions. This complaint comes on the heels of two other highly publicized situations in which the NLRB asserted that companies violated employees’ rights by limiting the information that could be posted on social media sites.
