Implementation Of NLRB Workplace Posting Requirement Delayed A Second Time

The National Labor Relations Board (the "Board") announced late last week that it has delayed implementation of its new workplace posting requirement a second time. The rule originally required posting by employers as of November 14, 2011, but the implementation date, postponed once already, has now been put off until April 30, 2012.

As we advised you in two earlier alerts, in August the Board issued a rule requiring almost all private employers (both unionized and non-union alike) to post notices in their workplaces informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (the "Act"), including their rights to form and join unions, to bargain over their wages, hours and other conditions of employment, and to take collective action to improve their working conditions. Among the more controversial elements of the Board's rule are provisions making failure to post an independent violation of the federal labor laws. Where postings are not made, the