Another Delay: U.S. Court of Appeals Suspends Implementation of NLRB Notice Posting Requirement
April 24, 2012
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (the Court) suspended the implementation of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rule that would require nearly all non-profit and private-sector employers to display a National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) employee rights poster by April 30, pending further review.
The Court will hear the case on appeal from the district court which ruled that the NLRB has the authority to require employers to post a notice, but that they exceeded their authority in two ways-by deeming failure to post an unfair labor practice and tolling (waives the ability to claim) the statute of limitations for claims brought by employees against employers that failed to post the notice.
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April 10, 2012
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CCS Alert - NLRB Notice Posting Requirement Takes Effect April 30
March 26, 2012
A mandatory federal change from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has occurred that affects many U.S. businesses. Covered employers must post a NLRB notice of rights by April 30, 2012.
U.S. employers under the purview of the NLRB must display the new poster. Businesses excepted from this requirement include agricultural, railroad or airline employers, small employers, and retailers all of whom may not be required to post. Consult with your accountant or business advisor if you think your business could be exempt.
As we detailed in our September 28, 2011 CCS Alert, the notice, available with translations on the National Labor Relations Board website www.NLRB.gov, states that employees have the right:
- To act together to improve wages and working conditions
- To form, join and assist a union
- To bargain collectively with their employer
- To choose not to participate in any of the preceding activities
The notice also provides examples of unlawful employer and union conduct and instructs employees how to contact the NLRB with questions or complaints.
CCS Principles of Management Workshop Series - Improving Managerial Success May 16th
May 4, 2012
The Business Challenge
You have just completed performance appraisals and some employees need management development. Where do you go? What do you recommend?
FACT: 4 out of 10 new managers fail within 18 months of starting their new job. As top performers are promoted to manager roles, a whole new set of competencies are needed. The day to day work performed as an associate is replaced by a host of dynamic and challenging tasks. As a manager, you must not only know the field of the business; more importantly, you now need to be able to manage and drive performance through people - a task that requires interpersonal skills, consistency, ability to delegate, and the skill to motivate and provide constructive criticism to employees who, in many cases, used to be your peers. Common mistakes by newly appointed managers include: the inability to move from doing the job to managing the people now performing it; micro-managing others; forgetting rewards and recognition; and pushing their own approach on others, who may have very different (yet still effective) work styles.
You will gain...
CCS Principles of Management Workshop Series - Hiring to Last: Interviewing and Selection Best Practices
April 5, 2012
The Business Challenge
A few months to one year into a position, some of your newest hires seem to lose their initial star quality. It may be that the cultural fit is wrong, that the new hire just doesn’t seem to “get it,” or that he or she is not picking up the pace as fast as you expected them to. The organization has already made significant investments in an individual that just doesn’t seem like the right fit anymore, even though the person appeared to be very strong throughout the recruiting process. At other times, you may not be able to attract the top talent or get them to accept your offer, or you are unsure why they decided to work for another firm.
The challenges for most organizations are to avoid these costly hiring mistakes and increase productivity, both by streamlining the hiring process and by hiring top performers that add value to the organization in their daily work - but how can this be achieved?
You will gain...
- The tools and resources to face the real-time challenges in making good hiring decisions.
