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Saturday, October 24, 2026

Starbucks Unlawfully Limited Facial Piercings, NLRB Judge Finds - Bloomberg Government News

A Starbucks Corp. store in Florida violated federal labor law by enforcing a policy limiting employees to one facial piercing without first bargaining with its employee union, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled.

The decision to suddenly enforce the updated dress code policy after a change in management constituted an illegal unilateral change to the terms and conditions of employment, Administrative Law Judge Michael P. Silverstein said in a Thursday decision.

Silverstein said that since the rule had previously gone unenforced by management, Starbucks violated the National Labor Relations Act by not providing the union any opportunity to ...

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