Tag: NLRB

• Employment Law & Litigation

  Arbitration Agreements with Class Action Waivers Violate NLRA

  • January 10, 2014
  • By Allen & Gooch

  Employers Cannot Eliminate an Employee’s Right to Sue Over Unfair Labor Practices by Arbitration Agreement In D.R. Horton, Inc. v. N.L.R.B., 737 F.3d 344 (5th Cir. 2013), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) held that D.R. Horton, Inc. (Horton) had violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) by requiring employees to sign an arbitration agreement […]

• Employment Law & Litigation

  NLRB Rules Against Costco for Social Media Policy

  • December 9, 2013
  • By Allen & Gooch
  

  Social Media Policy Held to Limit Collective Bargaining Last year, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that a provision of Costco’s Employee Handbook prohibiting employees from electronically posting statements that damage the Company or damage any person’s reputation constituted an unfair labor practice.  In so ruling, the Board found that the general prohibition would […]

• Employment Law & Litigation

  NLRB Rules Against Employment-At-Will Policies

  • December 3, 2013
  • By Allen & Gooch

  NLRB Cracks Down on Employee Handbooks Last year, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled against the American Red Cross and Hyatt Hotels Corp. with respect to the employment-at-will provisions contained within their employee handbooks.  The provision in the American Red Cross’s employment handbook provided that the at-will employment relationship could not be amended, modified, […]