The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) this week announced more noteworthy changes to U.S. labor rules. The changes include the following:

• A reversal of an Obama-era ruling that required companies to continue deducting union dues from employee paychecks, even after a union contract had expired. (This decision is a return to the precedent that was set in 1962. Read analysis from OMA Connections Partner Dinsmore.)
• Re-establishment of employer rights to restrict employee use of workplace email systems. (Read analysis from OMA Connections Partner Bricker & Eckler.)
• Declaring that work rules requiring confidentiality when there is a workplace investigation are presumptively lawful. (See analysis from OMA Connections Partner Bricker & Eckler.)

These changes mark a significant reversal from earlier this decade when NLRB rulemaking ranked among employers’ top concerns. 12/17/2019