The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently issued four new decisions, two dealing with the application of the Board’s “Boeing Standard” to several workplace rules, and two dealing with an employee’s right to wear pro-union buttons while on the job.
The Board’s decisions in BMW Manufacturing, 370 NLRB 56 (December 10, 2020), and Medic Ambulance Service, 370 NLRB 65 (January 4, 2021), shed more light on how the NLRB views the interaction of employer workplace rules with federal labor law protections following adoption by the Board of a new, more balanced standard for assessing the legality of such rules in the 2017 case of The Boeing Company. Both decisions categorize as legal a number of rules that are commonly included in employer handbooks.
The union apparel rulings deal with an employer’s attempt to restrict the wearing of pro-union buttons by employees while on the job, and serve as a reminder of the rules that apply in such situations.
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