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And Yet Another Requirement for Employers: New Labor Law Posters on January 31, 2012

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Labor Law & NRLB

The Hartford Office of the National Labor Relations Board has a message for employers: There are new posting requirements coming and nearly all employers — not just those who are unionized — need to be aware of them. Why? Because they are effective in just six weeks: January 31, 2012. Here are some highlights for… Continue Reading

Breakfast with the NLRB Region 34 Director – What’s New?

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Labor Law & NRLB

Last year, I published a series of posts about the Connecticut Bar Association’s breakfast with NLRB Region 34 Director Jonathan Kreisberg. Kreisberg repeated that breakfast earlier this week. Although I was unable to personally attend, breakfast organizer Nicole Bernabo was kind enough to recap the event and agreed to share her recollections for the blog…. Continue Reading

Facebook Firing Case Settles; But Another Social Media Case at the NLRB May Be Rising

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Social Media

The news came late Monday: The NLRB’s case against an employer for allegedly firing an employee due to a Facebook post had settled.  The background of that case can be found in one of my November 2010 posts.  The case name is: American Medical Response of Connecticut, Inc., 34-CA-12576. The terms of the settlement were not fully… Continue Reading

NLRB Alleges that Connecticut Company Illegally Fired Employee Over Comments on Facebook

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Labor Law & NRLB, Social Media

UPDATED 2/7/11 – The case settled today. See this update.   In an unprecedented case, the NLRB is pushing all in over the battle on social media. And its press release today leaves little doubt where it is placing its chips — strongly in the employee’s favor. I had heard about this case a few weeks… Continue Reading

Breakfast with NLRB Regional Director – (Part 3) – What Issues Should Employers Be On the Lookout For?

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Labor Law & NRLB, Laws and Regulations

In posts earlier this week, I’ve discussed what the NLRB’s Connecticut Office is doing and what to expect for 2010.  But as I continue to recap the breakfast I attended earlier in the week with NLRB (Region 34) Regional Director Jonathan Kreisberg, of particular importance to employers was the discussion about what issues the NLRB… Continue Reading

Breakfast with NLRB Regional Director – (Part 2) – What To Expect in 2010

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Labor Law & NRLB, Laws and Regulations

As I indicated in my post yesterday, the bar-related breakfast with NLRB Region 34 office was a big success.  In the presentation and discussion, Regional Director Jonathan Kreisberg made a few predictions and observations about what 2010 would bring. Kreisberg noted that the NLRB was going to be using press releases to a far greater… Continue Reading

Informal Breakfast with NLRB Regional Director – (Part I) What’s Going On

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Labor Law & NRLB, Laws and Regulations

The Connecticut Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Section sponsored an informal breakfast with NLRB (Region 34) Regional Director Jonathan Kreisberg earlier today to talk about various issues in the labor arena. (Also in attendance were John Cotter, Deputy Regional Director and Terri Craig, Supervisory Attorney).  It was a terrific session with lots of substantive and… Continue Reading

NLRB Taps Jonathan Kreisberg To Lead Hartford Regional Office

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Labor Law & NRLB, Laws and Regulations, Legislative Developments

On Wednesday, May 27th, National Labor Relations Board Chairman Wilma Liebman and General Counsel Ronald Meisburg announced the appointment of Jonathan B. Kreisberg as the Regional Director of the NLRB’s Regional Office in Hartford, CT (Region 34). Mr. Kreisberg succeeds former Director Peter B. Hoffman, who retired in March 2009. Employers and attorneys in Connecticut… Continue Reading