Earlier this year, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) held in D.R. Horton that a class action waiver that required, as a condition of employment , the employee to waive his rights to class-action litigation while simultaneously waiving his rights to class-action arbitration was illegal under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The NLRB opined … Continue reading
Where the law protects workers’ rights to organize, rules written in vague language create confusion and do not allow the law to carry out its purpose. This phenomenon can be observed in the introduction of social media to labor and employment contexts. A key element in worker organization is communication and social media provides yet … Continue reading
The Department of Labor and federal regulations require that posters and notices be placed in the workplace keeping employees aware of their applicable minimum wage laws and other rights to working time and workplace safety, among other protections. Last week, federal district court judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) … Continue reading
The Hartford Regional Office of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a complaint on February 29, 2012 against a nursing home chain with homes in six Connecticut cities. This is the fourth complaint the NLRB has issued against the chain in the last two years. The most recent complaint alleges that the nursing home … Continue reading
