(Reuters) - The U.S. National Labor Relations Board's Democratic majority is poised to make a series of key changes to federal labor law in 2023 that will aid unions amid a surge in organizing that gained momentum during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The NLRB and its general counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, have signaled their interest in overturning a number of Trump-era decisions that were favored by business groups.
Here is a look at five areas where the NLRB is likely to have the biggest impact this year.
The NLRB is widely expected to raise the bar for companies to prove that routine workplace policies do not interfere with workers' rights under federal labor law, in a reversal of rulings by Republican appointees. The board last January called for amicus briefs on the issue in a case involving a sanitation company's policies barring worker conduct that could harm its reputation or create conflicts of interest.
Unions and workers routinely accuse employers of using workplace rules such as non-disparagement, non-solicitation and social media policies to stifle organizing. A 2017 decision involving Boeing Co requires them to prove that companies had no legitimate reason to adopt specific rules.
The Trump-era board subsequently ruled that certain policies — including requirements that internal investigations be kept confidential and bans on outside employment — are always lawful under the Boeing standard. The NLRB could now revert back to a more worker-friendly...
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