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ARTICLE · 12 MARCH 2012

District Court Upholds NLRB Authority To Issue Posting Requirement

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As you likely are aware from several earlier Alerts we have issued on this matter, in August 2011 the National Labor Relations Board (the "Board") issued a rule requiring almost all private employers (both unionized and non-unionized alike) to post workplace notices informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (the "Act").

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As you likely are aware from several earlier Alerts we have issued on this matter, in August 2011 the National Labor Relations Board (the "Board") issued a rule requiring almost all private employers (both unionized and non-unionized alike) to post workplace notices informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (the "Act"). Posted notices must reference employees' rights to form and join unions, to bargain over their wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment, and to take collective action to improve their working conditions. Although it was originally scheduled to take effect on November 14, 2011, the posting requirement was delayed until April 30, 2012 at the request of a federal court hearing a legal challenge to this rule.

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