NLRB Reaffirms Broad Protections of Non-Union Concerted Activity

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Source: Blank Rome LLP - Whether your workforce is unionized or non-unionized, all employers should be aware that the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") recently issued a significant decision, involving an individual physician and her employer, highlighting that the protections set forth in Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA") extend to professional, non-union employees who have engaged in concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or the aid or protection of co-workers. In Family Healthcare, Inc., 354 NLRB No. 29 (2009), the NLRB determined that a health care employer violated Section 8(a)(1) by discharging a physician who challenged management and the new contractual terms management had offered to her and her fellow non-union physicians. This decision serves as an important reminder to all employers that NLRB protections apply both to "professional" employees and non-union workforces.

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