NLRB Narrows Scope of the Core-purpose Exception to Mandatory Bargaining | Practical Law

NLRB Narrows Scope of the Core-purpose Exception to Mandatory Bargaining | Practical Law

In Virginia Mason Hospital, the NLRB limited the core-purpose exception to obligations to bargain over changes to unionized employees' terms and conditions of employment under its previous ruling in Peerless Publications. The NLRB found that a hospital's flu prevention policy did not fit the Peerless exception.

NLRB Narrows Scope of the Core-purpose Exception to Mandatory Bargaining

Practical Law Legal Update 4-507-6969 (Approx. 4 pages)

NLRB Narrows Scope of the Core-purpose Exception to Mandatory Bargaining

by PLC Labor & Employment
Published on 30 Aug 2011 • USA (National/Federal)
In Virginia Mason Hospital, the NLRB limited the core-purpose exception to obligations to bargain over changes to unionized employees' terms and conditions of employment under its previous ruling in Peerless Publications. The NLRB found that a hospital's flu prevention policy did not fit the Peerless exception.