Watch Your Mouth: NLRB Makes it Easier to Discipline (or Discharge) Workers over the Use of Foul or Disrespectful Language in the Workplace
July 31, 2020 - 40 years after its decision in Wright Line, the NLRB has returned in General Motors LLC (369 N.L.R.B. No. 127) to a mixed motive analysis to determine the extent of employees' protected activity and employers' ability to discipline and discharge employees for their use of foul and offensive language, even when exercising rights protected by Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act, making it easier for employers to take adverse employment action against such employees. Our latest alert examines this long-awaited decision, which will prompt employers to ensure that such standards of conduct are clearly defined for employees.
PDF of the Client Alert: Watch Your Mouth: NLRB Makes it Easier to Discipline (or Discharge) Workers over the Use of Foul or Disrespectful Language in the Workplace.
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