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Labor/Employment

May 9, 2013

NLRB posting rule violates free speech, court says

The controversial rule improperly required employers to post information about workers' rights under the National Labor Relations Act, according to a decision Tuesday from the D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.


By Laura Hautala


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down a government rule requiring employers to post information about workers' rights under the National Labor Relations Act, saying the rule violates businesses' free speech rights.


The rule created by the National Labor Relations Board, the agency that enforces the act, violated employers' right to engage in "noncoercive" speech with e...

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