Update: The NLRB has announced an indefinite postponement of the rules. See this updated post here.
Another month has passed, and we are now ever closer to the effective date of the NLRB’s new posting rules.
Thus far, many of the legal challenges to the
A lot of people have been writing about a recent court ruling that upheld significant portions of a new NLRB-promulgated poster that will get put up on a wall in some common area.
I’ve been reluctant to write about it because, as I mentioned back in the fall, things continue to change on this particular
Employers in Connecticut (and other states) have a whole host of notices that must go up in a common meeting area for employees to see.
But what happens when an employer forgets to do the postings, or, worse, purposely avoids putting those posters up?
A recent federal
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
One of the unique features of Connecticut’s Paid Sick Leave law is the requirement that employers post information about the law in both English and Spanish.
At the time the law was passed, I openly questioned how employers were to accomplish this and suggested that the Connecticut Department of Labor consider publishing such a notice
The Connecticut Department of Labor has issued its long-awaited guidance this morning on the new Paid Leave Law that becomes effective on January 1, 2012.
You can download the CTDOL’s guidance here.
My cursory review of the guidance indicates that it answers some questions that have been floating out there — albeit in ways
The National Labor Relations Board today announced that it has postponed the start date for its new notice-posting rule until January 31, 2012.
(I previously covered the new rule in a prior post here.)
In a press release, it indicated that it did so to allow for “enhanced education and outreach to employers, particularly
Employers in Connecticut should be familiar with the “Discrimination is Illegal” poster put out by the CHRO that should put up on bulletin boards in a common area.
With new laws taking effect, October 1, 2011, the agency has released a new poster for printout and posting. The most significant change to the poster
Earlier this month, I told you that effective November 14th, the NLRB is requiring yet another posting for your workplace.
The posting will, in some ways, look familiar to employers that have had unions; similar postings may go up around elections or other union-related issues.
But this new poster is different in some ways
As I mentioned last week (when in Connecticut, we were focused on Irene), the NLRB has been busy in August issuing new rules and new rulings.
Some people are expressing surprise at the shift seen in these rules and disgust that prior NLRB rules are effectively being overturned. But none of this should