Fisher Phillips Partner Tapped by SHRM for Insight on “Captive Audience” Meetings and NLRB Update

On April 7, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo announced in a memo that she will ask the NLRB to find mandatory “captive audience” unlawful. SHRM tapped Reyburn Lominack for insight on the importance of these meetings.

In the article, Reburn explains that captive audience meetings can serve as a proper counterbalance to arguments advanced by organized labor outside the workforce and sometimes within employee homes, which are generally off-limits to employers in this context.

"Because the employer is generally paying employees for their time during such meetings, they have long been recognized as a lawful extension of free-speech rights in the absence of improper statements or conduct," he said.

To read the article, visit SHRM.