NLRB’s LA Specialty Produce Decision Provides More Clarity on Employee Handbook Rule Standards (US)
On October 10, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB” or “Board”) decision in LA Specialty Produce Company provided some employer-friendly clarification of its standard for assessing the lawfulness of employee handbook provisions under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”), and in doing so, categorized two specific types of policies as generally lawful. In this case, the Board analyzed the following two handbook rules maintained by LA Specialty Produce to determine whether the rules improperly…