The National Labor Relations Board’s top enforcement official has issued important guidance, which should make it easier for parties to settle unfair labor practice charges, and which narrows the situations where the Board will seek unique expanded remedies.
Background
Here are a few more of the questions – and our outline answers – following our recent webinar on Handling Workplace Investigations.
Does the notetaking at investigation meetings need to be verbatim?
No. There is no requirement for meeting
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First off, we have some questions about who should
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