NLRB puts At-Will Employment on Notice
If you are an employer who believes in your unalienable right to terminate your employees at-will (i.e. for any reason or no reason at all) the time has come to revise that stand. It is more or less a...
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The NLRB’s Rulings – Why You Must Treat Your CW Right!
The discussion is everywhere on the blogosphere, so you could hardly have missed it! The conclusion is unanimous. Treat your contingent workers right – or face the unpalatable consequences. Today’s...
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A Whole New Threat to Employers
Ever heard of professionals who act as hired mourners? Or, moirologists – to call them by their professional name! They have a role to play in this world; but probably no one ever dreamt of the...
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Is Student-Athlete a Misnomer for University Employee?
On Dec 13th, the National Collegiate Athletic Association said in a court filing that the protection of college athletes isn’t its legal responsibility. Athletes at Northwestern University had...
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Sense of Déjà vu with NLRB’s Union Election Process Proposal
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has proposed new union election procedures. The proposed rule is open to public comment up till April 7, 2014 –and the final ruling is expected to be issued...
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Joint Employer Standards May be Revised, Thanks to the NLRB
When businesses outsource; franchise or subcontract their operations to franchisees, the two operate as separate businesses. But how separate are they? Although the business may specify standards for...
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NLRB Says: Use Company eMails for Collective Bargaining Purposes
These days, a single person uses 3 or 4 data-enabled devices. Computers, tablets, and Smartphone all access any available Wi Fi network and enable communication. People want to have network access at...
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NLRB Advised to Apply Common Sense to Expressions of Worker Rights
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) zealously champions the rights of workers; whether permanent employees or contingent workers. Retaliation against concerted action by dissatisfied workers is...
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NLRB’s Game Changing Decision on Joint Employment Liability
On July 31st, DCR blogged about guidance offered by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regarding a liberal definition that would qualify most temporary workers – both agency-supplied contingent...
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NLRB Redefines Concerted Action to Include Individual Actions of Contingent...
As we mentioned in an earlier blog, contingent workers have as much right to join a workplace union as permanent employees. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) encourages labor unions to...
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Employers Have no Say: Collective Bargaining Rights to Temporary Workers from...
In a decision which one of its own members felt would destabilize labor relations and the collective bargaining process, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled that an attempt to form...
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The NLRB’s Rulings – Why You Must Treat Your CW Right!
The discussion is everywhere on the blogosphere, so you could hardly have missed it! The conclusion is unanimous. Treat your contingent workers right – or face the unpalatable consequences. Today’s...
View ArticleA Whole New Threat to Employers
Ever heard of professionals who act as hired mourners? Or, moirologists – to call them by their professional name! They have a role to play in this world; but probably no one ever dreamt of the...
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Is Student-Athlete a Misnomer for University Employee?
On Dec 13th, the National Collegiate Athletic Association said in a court filing that the protection of college athletes isn’t its legal responsibility. Athletes at Northwestern University had...
View ArticleSense of Déjà vu with NLRB’s Union Election Process Proposal
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has proposed new union election procedures. The proposed rule is open to public comment up till April 7, 2014 –and the final ruling is expected to be issued...
View ArticleJoint Employer Standards May be Revised, Thanks to the NLRB
When businesses outsource; franchise or subcontract their operations to franchisees, the two operate as separate businesses. But how separate are they? Although the business may specify standards for...
View ArticleNLRB Says: Use Company eMails for Collective Bargaining Purposes
These days, a single person uses 3 or 4 data-enabled devices. Computers, tablets, and Smartphone all access any available Wi Fi network and enable communication. People want to have network access at...
View ArticleNLRB Advised to Apply Common Sense to Expressions of Worker Rights
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) zealously champions the rights of workers; whether permanent employees or contingent workers. Retaliation against concerted action by dissatisfied workers is...
View ArticleNLRB’s Game Changing Decision on Joint Employment Liability
On July 31st, DCR blogged about guidance offered by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regarding a liberal definition that would qualify most temporary workers – both agency-supplied contingent...
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NLRB Redefines Concerted Action to Include Individual Actions of Contingent...
As we mentioned in an earlier blog, contingent workers have as much right to join a workplace union as permanent employees. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) encourages labor unions to...
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