Thanks to the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), employees are allowed to form, join, and assist labor unions. They’re also allowed to engage in any other concerted activities that are aimed at collective bargaining and mutual protection.
Now, there’s a new website to help employees determine if their rights under that law have been violated.
The website was created by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and it contains detailed information about a number of cases that have been brought before the board. In each of these cases, the employee’s grievance was shown to be “concerted activity” and, thus, protected under the NLRA.
In many of these cases, the employees’ conduct was minor — but resulted in major consequences. For example:
– A paramedic was fired after posting work-related grievances on Facebook.
– A customer service representative was fired after talking about wages with a co-worker.
– An engineer was fired after reporting his concerns about the safety at a vegetable packing plant.
– A group of poultry workers was fired after talking about issues they had with their employer to a newspaper reporter.
By providing the details surrounding these cases, the NLRB believes that it will be easier for employees to tell if they’ve been treated unfairly and illegally.
In addition to the case information, the NLRB’s new website also gives employees a checklist for determining whether or not their behavior amounts to concerted activity.
The website can also be a valuable resource for employers. By seeing how the NLRB approaches concerted activity claims, employers can make sure that their policies and actions don’t violate the law in any way.
You can check out the new site for yourself by logging onto http://www.nlrb.gov/concerted-activity.