Friday, May 10, 2013

WIRTW #273 (the “NLRB, fuggetaboutit” edition)


Remember those posters explaining employees’ rights under the National Labor Relations Act that the NLRB wanted all employers (union and non-union) to post. Well, earlier this week, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a broad ruling striking down the NLRB’s posting requiring as a violation both of the NLRA’s “free speech” provision and the 1st Amendment of the Constitution. Bravo D.C. Circuit. Here’s some of the commentary on this case from around the blawgosphere:

Here’s the rest of what I read this week:

Discrimination

Social Media & Workplace Technology

HR & Employee Relations

Wage & Hour

Labor Relations