Top NLRB Lawyer Warns of Employer Violations During Pandemic

The National Labor Relations Board’s top attorney signaled to employers that his office would press charges against those that use the Covid-19 pandemic as a cover to violate workers’ union rights.

In a four-page memo, NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb outlined nine recent cases in which labor board attorneys sought to punish employers for allegedly flouting workers’ rights, such as refusing to bargain over pandemic-related changes to benefits; disciplining workers who raised concerns about lack of social distancing; and allegedly firing a fast-food employee who led a workplace protest over hand sanitizer and personal protective equipment.

In the memo, the ...