Lawyers at ABA Conference Debate NLRA, Employment Policies and Courtesy Rules

Blitman & King lawyer, Bryan T. Arnault was a part of a panel during the American Bar Association conference on February 25th in Miami Beach, Florida. The panel discussed major labor law issues including many principles and policy regarding, in particular, federal law and applying said principles to workplace policies and rules. The debate was vigorous with many different points of view discussed.  Below is an excerpt from the Bloomberg BNA article about Unfair Labor Practices, which featured Mr. Arnault. To read the article in it’s entirety, please see the link at the end of the post.

“Bryan T. Arnault, who represents unions and employees at Blitman & King in Syracuse, N.Y., told the audience that the NLRB has long held that overbroad statements
of employer policy may violate Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act if they would lead employees to reasonably construe the employer’s language
as prohibiting the workers from engaging in NLRA protected activity.

Recent NLRB decisions applying precedent to employer policies on courtesy and confidentiality in the workplace have drawn some criticism, but union/employee attorney Bryan Arnault said the board’s action does not represent ‘‘the aggressive position many have made it out to be.’’ Recent NLRB decisions applying precedent to employer policies on courtesy and confidentiality in the workplace have drawn some criticism, but Arnault said the board’s action does not represent”

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