Tuesday, March 2, 2021
2021 is in full swing and the Biden administration already is making waves in the world of labor law, including by terminating the sitting general counsel of the National Labor Relation Board within hours of the President’s inauguration. Once Biden has appointed additional members to the NLRB – likely later this year – employers can expect significant changes that may impact how they run their businesses. Let’s take a look at three of the big changes we may see that will impact both union and non-union companies alike.
NLRB Scrutiny of Personnel Policies
Under the Obama Board, the NLRB stuck down numerous everyday personnel policies – including those of non-union employers – on grounds those polices ran afoul of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Social media policies, confidentiality policies, workplace civility policies, and other common policies were invalidated in various decisions between 2009 and 2016. The NLRB did so