The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Dec. 22 issued a
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking(NPRM), which would require employers subject to the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to post a notice in the workplace informing employees of their rights under the NLRA.
Under the NPRM, employers would face various sanctions for failing to post the notice. Those sanctions include: being charged with unfair labor practices; having the time limits for filing other unfair labor practice charges against the employer extended; and having the NLRB consider the failure to post the notice as evidence of unlawful motive in other unfair labor practice cases.
President Obama issued an
Executive Order in February 2009that required government contractors to display a similar poster and DOL released the text of that poster in May of 2010. The NLRB will use language that is close to what is in the
DOL poster. Board Member Brian Hayes (R) filed a dissent to the rulemaking, asserting “the Board lacks the statutory authority to promulgate or enforce,” the NPRM.
The NLRB is accepting comments for 60 days from the issue date. To submit comments, click
here.
To view the NLRB press release and fact sheet, click
here.
For further information about the NLRB, please visit
www.nlrb.gov.