Bruce J. Douglas

National Labor Relations Board Delays Employee Rights Poster Requirement
Bruce J. Douglas, October 17, 2011
In a somewhat surprising, but possibly strategic move, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) announced on October 5, 2011 that it would postpone until January 31, 2012 implementation of its new rule requiring nearly all private sector employers to post an 11” x...

National Labor Relations Board Requires Private Sector Employers Display Poster
Bruce J. Douglas, September 27, 2011
Nearly 20 years in the making, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for the first time in its 75-year history has decided that nearly every private sector employer in the United States should display a poster informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). If...

EFCA IS DEAD -- LONG LIVE THE NLRA! The NLRB Seeks to Expand Existing Law Without Amendments
Bruce J. Douglas, July 15, 2011
Business interests and some legal scholars question whether the Board has the authority under the NLRA to order employers to post a poster or to create a new type of unfair labor practice violation for failure to do so. Although it has seldom used it in the past, the Board has the authority to...