ANALYSIS: Employers Face ULP Surge After Workplace Policy Ruling

Employers can expect to face a dramatic increase in the number of unfair labor practice charges in 2024, due to a recent National Labor Relations Board decision that provides employees with an easier path to challenge workplace policies—even those that have nothing to do with unions.

Unfair labor practice charges are already on the upswing amid the current resurgence of labor activity. But the NLRB’s Stericycle decision this past summer created a tough new standard under which the board will evaluate workplace policies, empowering employees to more easily prove that a policy violates their rights under Section 7 of the ...