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Claims of Protected Concerted Activity

In a recent case, even though there was no evidence that the employee had discussed a particular wage issue with other employees, the NLRB nevertheless found violation.

18 minute read May 29, 2012 at 09:50 AM
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Kevin C. McCormick
Claims of Protected Concerted Activity

Early last year, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) reversed the findings of an ALJ and found that a Maryland research firm violated Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) by firing an employee as a “preemptive strike” to prevent the employee from discussing certain wage complaints ' even though the ALJ had found, as fact, that the employee had not actually engaged in protected concerted activity at the time of her discharge.

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