On August 2, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its decision in Stericycle Inc., marking a dramatic shift in the legal landscape for employers. In this article, employment law attorney David Phippen answers questions on what Stericycle Inc. means for employers and practical steps they can take under the new standard.
The Union Strikes and Picketing supervisor training, which examines the law and best practices for handling picketing and union strikes in the workplace, has been enhanced to improve the content and appearance of the PowerPoint presentation.
The NLRB's Cemex ruling upends the process for requesting union elections in place for more than 50 years and is expected to make it easier for unions to win recognition as employees' bargaining representatives.
The NLRB has returned to an old standard under which work rules that do not explicitly target workers' rights may still be found to violate federal labor law if workers would "reasonably construe" them to bar organizing.