The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel released a report on recent case developments on March 18 involving employee handbook conduct restrictions. The stated purpose was to focus on rules that may have a chilling effect on protected concerted activity. Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act defines concerted activity as when two or more employees act together to improve their terms and conditions of employment. This applies whether an employer is […]

David C. Henderson, a member of the firm’s Labor, Employment and Benefits practice group, published “New domestic worker law brings change – and more” in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly on April 6. David’s article discusses aspects of a new Massachusetts domestic workers’ bill of rights law that went into effect on April 1, and how a literal reading of key provisions shows that the most extensive of the new rights, those codified at M.G.L. c. […]