Labor Board Seizes Control - New Critical Challenges for ALL Private Sector Employers
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The NLRA is the Grandaddy of them all when it comes to employment laws impacting on ALL private sector employers and employees. Recent changes dramatically change the legality of handbooks and policies, the rights of employees on social media and during workplace investigations, the leverage unions have during bargaining and, most significantly, created new and much easier pathways for unions to organize and very strict limits on employers' ability to educate employees during union organizing drives. The new reality is that employers could violate the law with a few simple words in a handbook and can be unionized in as little as fourteen days if they miss the new NLRB deadline. Immediate action is necessary to understand these changes, update your labor relations compliance strategies and prepare your workplace. This interactive session will update on the law and provide critical on how to prepare your management team for the challenges we face in the new pro-labor arena and era of heightened union activism.
Learning Objectives:
- A detailed understanding of new NLRA legal requirements that impact on all private sector employers.
- Clear guidance on how new changes in the law change the leverage labor unions have during organizing and at the bargaining table.
- Clear guidance on actions that must be taken to ensure the legality of handbooks and workplace policies.
- A detailed labor relations strategy guideline to take back to their workplaces to assess their risks and actions that can be taken to achieve their labor relations goals.
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Timothy A. Davis
Tim concentrates his practice exclusively on labor and employment law in the representation of management. Tim is the Managing Partner/Office Head for Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete’s Kansas City and Des Moines offices. Constangy is recognized as a “go to” employment law firm and one of the best law firms in America for employers.
Tim advises and defends clients on all aspects of the employer/employee relationship including advising clients on compliance with various federal and state employment laws, developing and managing handbooks, policies and LOA programs and counseling clients regarding difficult accommodation, discipline and discharge scenarios. Tim has also developed a special focus on managing labor relations, union avoidance and litigating cases before the National Labor Relations Board.
In this capacity, Tim is a nationally recognized labor & employment lawyer. Recent recognitions include:
- A “Top Ranked Labor & Employment Lawyer” by the United States Chamber of Commerce
- “Top Ten Most Influential Employment Lawyers” by Business Today
- Ingram’s “Employment Lawyer of the Year”
- “Best Lawyer” by Ingram’s
- “Top Labor Lawyers in America” by LRI.
Tim is also active in the human resources community as a member of SHRM and is the former President of SHRM-KC.