NLRB General Counsel Calls for Changes in Board Agenda
“Abruzzo listed 11 board case areas under the Trump board that she identified as doctrinal shifts away from previous board precedent. These include cases involving employer handbook rules, confidentiality provisions in separation agreements, defining the scope of protected concerted activity and union,” reports Allen Smith, J.D. in SHRM.
“The memo also included additional subject areas Abruzzo would like NLRB staff to examine, such as cases involving Weingarten rights, employee status, mutual aid or protection, and the employer duty to recognize and bargain with unions. In the memo, Abruzzo expressed interest in examining cases involving the applicability.”