On June 6, 2018, National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) General Counsel Peter B. Robb issued a memorandum (“GC 18-04”) to NLRB Regional Directors providing guidance on how to analyze employee handbook rules in the wake of the Board’s recent decision in The Boeing Co., 365 NLRB No. 154 (2017).  This guidance provides employers with a helpful road map for navigating the Board’s new three-category—and more employer-friendly—approach to evaluating the lawfulness of employer handbook rules by balancing the employer’s interests against an employee’s right to engage in protected, concerted activity under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
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At the conclusion of the Obama presidency there remained two open seats on the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”).  The five member panel operated with two Democrats and one Republican for a significant period of time given the refusal of the Republican Senate to move

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Photo: Bill Ward via Flickr (CC by 2.0)

The Los Angeles office of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a Complaint based on an unfair labor practices charge brought by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (“Teamsters”) against Intermodal Bridge Transport, a California company in the logistics and transport business.  The