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NLRB General Counsel Urges Board to Evaluate Employer Electronic Surveillance Practices

HRWatchdog

The federal National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) protects employees’ rights to engage in “concerted activities” with each other towards improving working conditions — a common example is to demand higher wages. The most common example is surveillance cameras in the workplace.

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Latest NLRB Decision Spotlights Employer Handbook Rules

HRWatchdog

The NLRA — which applies to most employers, even if not unionized — generally protects the rights of employees to engage in “protected concerted activity,” which is when two or more employees take some sort of action “relating to terms and conditions of employment for their mutual aid or protection.”

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Recent NLRB Advice on Employer Policies, Arbitration Agreements

HRWatchdog

Such criticism is often the seed that becomes protected concerted activity for improving working conditions.”. This rule was unlawful because “working hours” could be construed to include non-work time such as meal and rest periods, during which employees have a right to engage in protected communications.

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NLRB Restricts Employers’ Ability to Discipline Employees for Outbursts

HRWatchdog

The NLRA — which applies to most employers, even if not unionized — generally protects the rights of employees to engage in “ protected concerted activity.” The NLRB defines this activity as two or more employees taking action relating to terms and conditions of employment for their mutual aid or protection.