Maintaining A Harmonious Workplace…With One Hand Tied Behind Your Back
Earlier this month, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) handed down a decision illustrative of its view that workers’ rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or the Act) hold a position of primacy among competing legal rights and obligations. The Board’s decision in Lion Elastomers LLC II addressed the all too frequent situation where an employee engages in abusive conduct (e.g., racial, homophobic, or gender-based epithets, or profane verbal attacks) […]