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Requirement delayed for practices to display employee organizing rights
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted Oct. 24, 2011
Private-sector employers, including medical practices that have expenses or income of $250,000 or more, have more time to comply with the requirement to hang notices about the rights of staff to join a union and negotiate as a group.
The National Labor Relations Board issued a statement on Oct. 5 saying that employers had until Jan. 31, 2012, to comply. Nov. 14 was the previous deadline, but the agency wanted more time to educate and reach out to small and medium-sized businesses about the requirement.
The poster can be downloaded from the NLRB website (link).
In addition to stating that employees have the right to collaborate to improve wages and working conditions, the notices declare that people have the right not to participate in such activities. The posters include instances of illegal employer and union behavior and information about how to get in touch with the NLRB to file a complaint.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2011/10/24/bibf1024.htm.
