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Employee Email Use
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Labor & Collective Bargaining
Unions Urge Board to Reconsider its Decision to Overrule Purple Communications on Ethics Grounds
By Chelsea L. Hartnett, Howard M. Bloom, Jonathan J. Spitz
Two unions are alleging a conflict of interest involving National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Member William Emanuel should invalidate the NLRB’s recent decision in Caesars Entertainment Corp. d/b/a Rio All-Suites,…
Employment & Labor
NLRB Overturns Obama-Era Initiatives: A Round-Up of the December Decisions
December 2019 brought significant changes to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) case law and election procedures. The following highlights a few of those changes as we get into the…
Workforce Bulletin
NLRB: Employers May Restrict Employees’ Use of Email and Other IT Systems
By Epstein Becker Green, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Our colleague Adam S. Forman at Epstein Becker Green has recently published a post on the Management Memo blog that will be of interest to our readers in the retail industry: “NLRB Reverses Purple Communications…
Labor & Employment Report
The NLRB Provides Two More Gifts – Employers May Restrict Nonbusiness Use of E-Mail, Require Confidentiality During Investigations
The National Labor Relations Board issued on December 17 two decisions that are sure to put employers in the holiday spirit. In a long-awaited decision, the Board overturned Purple Communications…
All in a Day's Work: The Employer's Legal Guide
NLRB Strengthens Right to Restrict Non-Work Use of Company Email
By George W. Ingham, Amy Folsom Kett
On December 16, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) issued a new decision that strengthens employers’ right to restrict employees from using company email for non-work reasons. Caesars…
Labor Law Prof Blog
NLRB Flips Again on E-Mail, Concluding that Employees Typically Lack the Right to Use Employer E-Mail for NLRA Communications
Today, the NLRB issued its decision in Rio All-Suites Hotel, which concluded that employees typically lack the right to use employer provided e-mail under the NLRA. The Board explictly adopted the rationale…
Labor & Collective Bargaining
NLRB General Counsel Urges Reversal of Purple Communications Email Rule
By Kevin M. Sibbernsen, Howard M. Bloom, Philip B. Rosen
The National Labor Relations Board’s office of the General Counsel is urging the Board to overrule its decision in Purple Communications, Inc., 361 NLRB 1050 (2014), which allowed employees to use…
Employer Labor Relations
Waiting For Godot, Or, In This Case, The NLRB
By Monica Rodriguez and Jeffrey A. Berman Seyfarth Synopsis: The National Labor Relations Board recently commenced an examination of the continued validity of a number of Obama Board actions. These…
Labor & Collective Bargaining
NLRB Revisiting Rule on Employees Use of Employer’s Email System
By Howard M. Bloom, Philip B. Rosen, Jackson Lewis P.C.
The National Labor Relations Board has invited briefs on whether it should modify or overrule its rule under the National Labor Relations Act, established in Purple Communications, that employers must…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
National Labor Relations Board Signals That It May Leave Purple Communications Black and Blue
On August 1, 2018, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) issued a Notice and Invitation to File Briefs, inviting the public to file briefs on whether the Board should overrule…