As part of what appears to be a regular recent occurrence, another NLRB Administrative Law Judge has issued a decision containing comments critical of the office of the NLRB’s Acting General Counsel. (As you may recall from NLRB and its General Counsel Criticized by Administrative Law Judge, ALJs recently aggressively criticized the Acting General
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Hospital Commits Unfair Labor Practice by Unilaterally Changing Dress Policy and Failing to Respond to Union’s Information Request
By Howard M. Bloom on
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A hospital violated the National Labor Relations Act when it changed its dress policy without first giving the union representing its nurses an opportunity to bargain and by failing to provide information the union requested regarding the policy, a National Labor Relations Board administrative law judge has found in Salem Hospital Corporation a/k/a The Memorial…
NLRB and its General Counsel Criticized By Administrative Law Judges
By Howard M. Bloom & Chad P. Richter on
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Criticism of the NLRB is not confined to federal courts, members of Congress and others not connected to the agency. Now, NLRB Administrative Law Judges are criticizing the NLRB’s General Counsel, and – if you can imagine it – even the NLRB for placing their activist agendas ahead of sound reasoning and respect for precedent. …
NLRB Judge Says Employer’s Baseball Cap Logo Restriction Violates Employees’ Section 7 Rights
By Howard M. Bloom & Daniel D. Schudroff on
Posted in NLRA
An employer’s policy prohibiting employees from wearing baseball caps other than the employer’s is an unlawful restriction on employees’ Section 7 activity, an NLRB Administrative Law Judge has decided. Quad Graphics, Inc., 32-CA-062242 (July 31, 2013).
Under the National Labor Relations Act, the wearing of union insignia by employees in most workplaces generally is…