By: Michael Rybicki, Esq.

Seyfarth Summary: The relevance of the National Labor Relations Act to industries and business sectors that have not traditionally had to deal with its implications – such as hedge funds.

The New York Times recently ran on the front page of its business section a lengthy article discussing the National

 By:  Susan Jeanblanc Cohen, Esq.

Seyfarth Synopsis: In a split decision, the NLRB ruled that off-duty employees of an acute care hospital had the right to picket the hospital’s main lobby entrance.

After the collective bargaining agreement between acute care hospital Capital Medical Center (“the Hospital”) and UFCW Local 21 (“the Union”) expired

By:  Ashley Laken

Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently denied Quicken Loans, Inc.’s petition for review of an NLRB decision finding that confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions in the company’s Mortgage Banker Employment Agreement unreasonably burdened employees’ rights under Section 7 of the NLRA.

Back in 2013, an NLRB

By:  Christopher W. Kelleher, Esq.

Seyfarth Synopsis:  NLRB claims that employers violate Section 8(a)(1) of the NLRA by misclassifying employees as independent contractors, thereby restraining and coercing employees in the exercise of their rights guaranteed under Section 7 of the Act.

The NLRB’s Regional Director in Los Angeles has issued a complaint against Intermodal Bridge

By:  Ashley K. Laken, Esq.

 On Wednesday, November 12, 2014, NLRB General Counsel Richard Griffin, NLRB Board Member Harry Johnson, and EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum participated in a panel discussion that touched upon employers’ use of social media during the hiring process.  Their remarks highlighted the need for employers to be cautious about looking at

By: Howard M. Wexler, Esq.  &  Joshua D. Seidman, Esq.

As we previously blogged about – most recently here  and here, the NLRB has taken aim at employer workplace rules that it contends are unlawfully restricting employees’ Section 7 rights.

On June 13, 2014 the NLRB affirmed an ALJ decision issued in

By:  Ashley K. Laken, Esq.

On January 31, NLRB Administrative Law Judge Susan Flynn ruled that two provisions of a non-unionized hospital’s code of conduct unlawfully interfered with employees’ Section 7 rights.  The ALJ also deemed unlawful a hospital official’s oral instruction to an employee to not discuss with others on staff the hospital’s

By:  Kamran Mirrafati, Esq.

The NLRB Division of Advice recently issued a Memorandum finding that an employer’s confidentiality rule violated Section 8(a)(1) by precluding discussions about ongoing investigations into employee misconduct.  However, in reaching this decision, the Associate General Counsel proposed language that it would consider to be lawful.  [See Verso Paper,

By: Bradford L. Livingston, Esq.  (Seyfarth Department Chair for Labor Relations Practice Group)

Rational business people focus on selling products and services that consumers want.  But these same business people also must understand that consumer wants and needs change over time.  In fact, business school case studies are replete with examples of now-defunct organizations, and