NLRB Issues Final Rule to Require Posting of Rights

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a rule that will require employers to notify employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) beginning Nov. 14, 2011.

Private-sector employers (including labor organizations) whose workplaces fall under the NLRA will be required to post the employee rights notice where other workplace notices are typically posted. Also, employers who customarily post notices to employees regarding personnel rules or policies on an internet or intranet site will be required to post the NLRB’s notice on those sites. Copies of the notice will be available from the NLRB’s regional offices, and it may also be downloaded from the NLRB website.

The notice states that employees have the right to act together to improve wages and working conditions, to form, join and assist a union, to bargain collectively with their employer, and to refrain from any of these activities. It provides examples of unlawful employer and union conduct and instructs employees how to contact the NLRB with questions or complaints.