The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has held that an employer's efforts to protect the integrity of its internal investigations by instructing employees involved in the investigations not to discuss the matter with co-workers violates the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
NLRB Limits Employer's Investigations
Construction Company Required To Contribute To Funds For All Hours Worked--Not Just Bargaining Unit Work
On July 23, 2012, the Seventh Circuit, in McCleskey v. DLF Construction, Inc., agreed with the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana that a construction company, DLF Construction, Inc., ("DLF") was required to contribute to two funds for all work performed by members of the Local 692 of the Cement Masons Union ("Union"), including non-bargaining unit work.
