NLRB Broadens Scope of Protected Concerted Activity
A new ruling from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will make it easier for workers to get legal protection for concerted activity at the workplace.
The board ruled in Miller Plastics that a manufacturer violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) by firing an employee who publicly questioned the company's COVID-19 protocols and its move to remain open in March 2020 when Pennsylvania ordered nonessential businesses to close, said Melissa Atkins, an attorney with Obermayer in Philadelphia.
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The new ruling applies to all employers, unionized and nonunionized, said Andrew Herman, an attorney with Blank Rome in Philadelphia.
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"NLRB Broadens Scope of Protected Concerted Activity," by Leah Shepherd was published in SHRM on September 8, 2023.