The rights of employees under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act have been given quite the digital treatment over the last few years.  In its newest decision issued on December 11, 2014, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that “employee use of email for statutorily protected communications on nonworking time must presumptively be permitted by employers who have chosen to give employees access to their email systems.”  The full decision can be […]

On December 12, 2014, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) issued its long-awaited final rule amending its representation case procedures to shorten the time frame for holding union-representation elections and to require employers to provide more information about employees to unions. The final rule is the culmination of a process that began in 2011 when the Board first proposed wide-sweeping changes to the procedure for conducting union elections. The 2011 proposal […]