Proposed Rule to Require Employers To Post the NLRA Rights Poster
A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking has been submitted to the Federal Register by the National Labor Relations Board; a 60 day comment period applies. The proposed notice is similar to that of the NLRA poster already required to be posted for federal contractors.
The proposed rule would require employers to notify employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act. Private sector employers and labor organizations would be required to post the Employee Rights Notice in the workplace, where applicable. In those instances where an employer communicates to employees through email or Intranet, the notice would be posted electronically, in addition to in a break room or other common location where employees can easily view it. The purpose of the proposed rule, as stated in the notice is, “to increase knowledge of the NLRA among employees, to better enable the exercise rights under the statute, and to promote statutory compliance by employers and unions.”
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was published in the December 22, 2010 Federal Register. Members of the public have an opportunity to submit comments on the proposal for 60 days, February 22, 2011.
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Thanks for taking time to discuss the national labor relations board findings.
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Your post is very useful and helps explain the NLRA regulations.
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There seems to be some confusion about whether or not federal contractors need to post the NLRA. Can you clarify? My understanding is that federal contractors do need to post (as of June, 2010), but that the recent proposal is for non-federal contractors. Is this correct?
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You are correct. Federal contractors must post the NLRA poster in the workplace, however, the newly proposed rule would also make it a required poster for private employers. At this point we do not know if the notices will be similar.