Compliance alert: New mandatory NLRA posting required by mid-November

As anticipated, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a final rule requiring most private-sector employees to notify employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) by posting a notice. Effective November 14, 2011, the new NLRA posting requirement is mandatory!

Although the NLRB has not published the poster yet, it expects it to be available anytime on or before November 1. If you are already a Poster Guard® Compliance Protection member, you are guaranteed complete compliance with mandatory federal and state labor law postings through timely updates whenever a posting requirement changes. This means you will automatically receive the NLRA posting when it's released.

If you're not a Poster Guard® Compliance Protection member, sign up today to ensure compliance -- with the new mandatory NLRA posting and any future posting changes.

Remember: This new posting requirements applies to nearly all private-sector employers covered by the NLRA. Only agricultural, railroad, airline employers and the U.S. Postal Service are exempt at this time.

Compliance alert: New mandatory NLRA posting required by mid-November

The comments are in … is an NLRA posting on union rights forthcoming?

Today's post comes from G.Neil’s HR News Weekly:

As we indicated in an earlier post, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) was accepting comments through Feb. 22, 2011, on a proposed rule by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The rule would require all private employers to post a notice informing employees of their National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) rights.

Of the more than 4,000 comments received by the OMB a week before the deadline, many of them questioned whether the NLRB has the authority to issue this rule since the NLRA contains no provisions regarding a mandatory posting. A good portion of comments also questioned the actual content of the poster, particularly the fact that it doesn’t address the negative aspects of joining a union.

In related news, a House subcommittee recently held a hearing to examine the direction of the NLRB, including certain decisions and initiatives that may have overstepped the agency’s boundaries. In addition to criticisms against the role that organized labor has played in recent years, a prevailing theme at the hearing was the appropriateness of the proposed NLRA posting. Many of the unfavorable comments echoed those received by the OMB during the 60-day comment period.

After the hearing, NLRB Chairman Wilma Liebman stated:

“The most significant ‘emerging trend’ at the NLRB is that the agency is coming back to life after a long period of dormancy. … We are actively seeking input from practitioners and from the public, by inviting briefs for important cases that are under review, and by using the process of federal rulemaking to seek comments on one potential change intended to inform American employees of their statutory workplace rights.”

Now that the comment period is over, the NLRB has 90 days to review the public comments and issue a final rule. Stay tuned for continued updates on the proposed rule and whether a mandatory Federal poster is released as a result (most likely by this summer).

The comments are in … is an NLRA posting on union rights forthcoming?

If proposed NLRB rule is finalized, mandatory federal poster will follow

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published a proposed rule last month that would require all private employers to post a notice informing employees of their National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) rights. According to the NLRB, the purpose of the proposed rule is “to increase knowledge of the NLRA among employees, to better enable the exercise of rights under the statute, and to promote statutory compliance by employers and unions.”

Comments on the proposed rule will be accepted through February 22, 2011; then the Office of Management and Budget has 90 days to review the comments and issue a final rule.

Check back here for updates on the proposed rule and to learn if a mandatory federal poster is released as a result (most likely by this summer).

If proposed NLRB rule is finalized, mandatory federal poster will follow