In this latest update on developments at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board), the independent agency that enforces the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) – the federal law governing union-management relations – we’re reporting on two new decisions which we think will be of interest to employers.
In the first, Tesla, Inc., the Board declined to endorse the automaker’s restrictive media-contact policy, despite applying its more employer-friendly “Boeing standard” applicable to workplace rules. The decision provides useful parameters for employers to keep in mind when developing or revising a media-contact policy.
In the second, Dish Network, the Board ruled that the confidentiality clause contained in an employer’s arbitration agreement could not legally be applied to settlements, thus further clarifying a decision handed down last year which sought to draw the line between the applicability of a confidentiality clause to information learned through the arbitration process and information known outside of that process.
Members of the Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC) can read more here.