NLRB Extends Date For Mandatory Postings to April 30, 2012

The National Labor Relations Board on August 30, 2011 published a final rule requiring most private employers in the United States to post a notice informing employees of their right to join labor unions and engage in other concerted activities under the National Labor Relations Act. Although the mandatory notice was originally required to be posted by November 14, 2011, the Board previously postponed the effective date of the posting requirement until January 31, 2012. The Board on December 23, at the request of a federal judge hearing a legal challenge to the rule, again postponed the effective date of the rule, this time until April 30, 2012. The required posting is described in detail in our Jones Day Commentary titled "NLRB Issues Rule Mandating Notices Informing Employees About Rights to Organize," dated September 2011 and available on the Jones Day web site.

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