In a long-awaited decision, the National Labor Relations Board has held that a petitioned-for “micro” bargaining unit consisting of women’s shoe sales associates working in two areas within a store, which followed no administrative or operational lines set by the store, was inappropriate under Specialty Healthcare, 357 NLRB No. 83 (2011), where the Board

The NLRB has issued a long-awaited decision in Macy’s, Inc., 361 NLRB No. 4 (July 22, 2014).  In the case, the Board considered the application of its “micro-unit Specialty Healthcare decision in a retail setting.  The Board found appropriate a unit of only those employees working in Macy’s cosmetics and fragrance departments, excluding all