Legal traps in employee committees

Article Abstract:

Employers must be careful to structure employee committees so that they will not be subject to union challenges for being labor organizations dominated by the employer under Section 2(5) of the National Labor Relations Act. This law was given added weight by liberal Supreme Court definitions of 'labor organization' in Cabot Carbon and subsequent cases. The safest route is obtaining union consent prior to forming committees and making sure there is continued union consent. Fifteen pointers for making employee committees safe from union challenge are listed.

Labor unions, Employee committees

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What labor and management need to know about workplace smoking cases

Article Abstract:

Public opinion has slowly turned against smoking in the workplace and many employers have instituted smoke-free buildings. These rules have been contested both in the courts and before arbitrators. The courts have not formed a precedent to support smoke-free workplace rules, but arbitrators often rule that the employer has no duty to bargain the point under collective labor agreements.

Cases, Workplace smoking

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Good faith: balancing the right to manage with the right to represent

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The authors discuss New York's Taylor law, which mandates good faith bargaining under public employee collective bargaining agreements. The relationship between management authority rights and the rights afforded to union employees is analyzed.

New York, Public employees, Government employees

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