Free federal labor law posters

Outreach To Non-Union EmployeesOver the past few years, the NLRB has expanded its reach into the business practices of non-unionized workforces. For instance, the NLRB has issued a number of rulings striking down employer policies finding that the policies interfered with an employee’s right to engage in protected concerted activity under Section 7 of the NLRA. More specifically, in the past year, the NLRB has issued decisions striking down (i) policies regarding the confidentiality of employer investigations; (ii) policies regarding the dissemination of confidential information; and (iii) social media policies. The common link in all of these decisions is that the Board has taken an expansive view of what constitutes an employee’s Section 7 rights and a restrictive view of employer policies that might, in any conceivable way, infringe on Section 7 rights. For example, in the matter of The Boeing Co. , No. 19-CA-089374 (July 26, 2013), an ALJ for the NLRB held that a policy … [Read more...] about A Decade In The Making: What Employers Can Expect From A Fully Staffed NLRB (National Labor Relations Board)

A federal district court in Washington, D.C. has rejected a constitutional challenge by the National Association of Manufacturers and Virginia Manufacturers Association to President Barack Obama’s 2010 Executive Order requiring certain federal contractors to post a “Notification of Employee Rights under Federal Labor Laws” on the basis that it violates the First Amendment right of federal contractors to “refrain from speaking.” Nat’l Ass’n of Mfrs. v. Perez, No. 1:13-cv-01998 (D.D.C. May 7, 2015). The Poster notifies contractor employees of their right to organize and other provisions of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).  … [Read more...] about Federal Contractors Must Continue to Post Notice of Labor Rights, Court Holds

In addition to the above, New Jersey also has posting requirements aimed at specific sectors of the labor force. For example, New Jersey employers associated with the sale, rental, or lease of properties are required to advise of the NJLAD in housing. Employers that provide services to the public—including, but not limited to, restaurants, hotels, hospitals, movie theaters, and shopping centers—must advise patrons of the NJLAD in public accommodations. These businesses should display posters in areas readily accessible to the public (for example, near cash registers). Health care facilities must post notices apprising employees of mandatory overtime restrictions. … [Read more...] about Employer Posting Requirements Under New Jersey Law

Finally, just after the New Year, on January 4, 2017, the New York State Senate introduced a bill which would make it an unlawful discriminatory practice for an employer or licensing agency, because of an individual’s status as a victim of domestic violence, to refuse to hire, employ or license the individual, to bar or discharge the individual from employment or to discriminate against the individual in compensation or terms, conditions or privileges of employment. Additionally, the bill provides that it shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an employer to refuse to provide reasonable accommodations to an employee who is known to be a victim of domestic violence.  Similar versions of the bill have been introduced in previous legislative sessions and New York City has already enacted similar protections. … [Read more...] about 2016 New York Employment Law Year In Review

The OFCCP’s communication also reminded contractors that the poster is free and downloadable from the agency’s website. According to the agency, contractors “never have to pay a third party for OFCCP’s EEO poster.” The posters are available in English (EEO is the Law and its supplement), Spanish (EEO is the Law and its supplement), and Chinese (EEO is the Law and its supplement).   … [Read more...] about OFCCP Reminds Contractors to Display EEO Posters