A labor union picketed and caused a ruckus outside an Urban Outfitters store located inside a shopping mall because Urban Outfitter hired a non-union construction company to make renovations at the store. Specifically, dozens of union members “started a disruptive protest by marching in a circle, yelling, chanting loudly in unison, blowing whistles, hitting and…

The Board recently shot down a confidentiality policy maintained by a California elementary school founded by Hollywood director James Cameron and his wife as being overly broad. The policy prohibited employees from disclosing any information about the school or its owners, students, or employees. It also said that former employees were precluded from making any…

Employee Simmons claimed his supervisor Rodzach opened a meeting by asking whether he had been rude. Invoking his Weingarten rights, Simmons said he would not discuss the matter without his shop steward being present. Rodzach did not respond to the request, so Simmons ended the meeting and left the room. Unfortunately for Simmons, Weingarten was…

Michigan became the 25th Right to Work state in 2012, which means employees are no longer forced to be in a union just because a union represents workers at their employer’s place of business. Since becoming Right to Work, many Michigan employees have withdrawn from the union. The Michigan Education Association – the teachers’ union…

The Board’s determination to force employers to pay the taxes on back pay employees received as the result of filing an unfair labor practice charge with the NLRB was invalidated by the Noel Canning decision. But a few months later, the Board re-ruled in the same way on the same case. Employers must pay Social…

Roetzel is an Ohio-based law firm, which means many of its clients are Ohio businesses. As we head into the final push of campaign season, we will see advertisements funded by a political action committee called “We Are Ohio.” We Are Ohio’s chief concern is preventing Ohio from becoming the nation’s 25th right to work…