In a strongly worded opinion, a National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge sustained an employee’s discharge for refusing to drug test against an allegation of unlawful discrimination because the employee had engaged in union activity. Ozburn-Hessey Logistics, LLC, JD (ATL) 08-15 (NLRB ALJ April 28, 2015). The Judge repeatedly refused to credit the
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Successor Employer Can Add Supervisor Duties to Jobs, NLRB General Counsel Found
The Division of Advice of the National Labor Relations Board’s Office of the General Counsel has determined that a “Burns” successor employer was permitted to add supervisory functions to job duties of the predecessor employer’s union-represented nurses because it timely informed the nurses and the union of its intention to do so. Chestnut Health…