The New NLRB 'Quickie' Elections and Other New NLRB Rules

The National Labor Relations Board, the US agency in charge of handling union-management relations, has been busy in the past 18 months. A newly seated full quorum of NLRB members has worked to ease standards for union elections in the United States. Through the use of its power to promulgate regulations, coupled with recent NLRB Board decisions, the agency has changed decades of jurisprudence in the area of labor relations, typically in the favor of unions. Whether you are pro-management or pro-labor, a union facility or union-free, a large manufacturer or a small retail establishment, these new changes in the laws of labor relations will affect you. The use of technology by unions and employees has caused a burst of rulings by the Board that sometimes stretch to marry an 80-year-old law with instant, public communications between employees.  

In this course, attorney Paul Burmeister discusses the above issues as well as what is perhaps the biggest change of all: a new regulation affecting union elections and shortening the window to allow the union to hold an election.

Learning Objectives: 

I.     Understand what direction the NLRB is taking and how that may impact your relationship with employees 

II.    Comprehend what the new ‘Quickie Election Rule’ is, how it works, and the practical implication for employers and employees alike 

III.   Recognize how an employer’s policies allow employees and unions access to its email system and understand what the NLRB has ruled on this topic 

IV.   Determine whether—and when—an employer can discipline employees for engaging in certain activities, or whether those activities are protected under the NLRA 

V.    Identify how positive employee relations from an employer help to prevent entanglement by unions and keeps your employees productive and happy