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I am spending a lot of time these days counseling employers who are in the middle of having their employees return to the worksite.  One of the big issues (no surprise here) is whether employees have been vaccinated.  Do you request documentation?  Do you rely on someone’s statement that they cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons, or because they have a religious objection?  Do you punish those who chose not to vaccinate just because? For...

My last blog focused on the NLRB’s July 21, 2020 decision in General Motors LLC, N.L.R.B., 369 NLRB No. 127 (7/21/20), returning to the Wright Line test when an employee uses profane language in the workplace and the resulting discipline that should occur.  In overturning a number of prior decisions, NLRB Chair John Ring said: “the Board has protected employees who engage in obscene, racist, and sexually harassing speech not tolerated in almost...