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Even Non-Union Employees Have Rights Under the NLRA

Even in today's increasingly non-union workplace, management must not ignore laws enacted primarily to protect unions. To do so could have a serious impact on non-union environments. All employers should exercise caution before taking disciplinary or other adverse action against employees for conduct that could be perceived as group activity. Here's why.

20 minute read April 28, 2008 at 08:37 AM
By
Andrew M. Slobodien
Even Non-Union Employees Have Rights Under the NLRA

If your company has no union, there is no need to worry about the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Right? Think again. More and more charges are being filed and successfully litigated on behalf of non-union employees under the NLRA.

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