Punching In: Labor Board Shift, Overtime-Shutdown Intrigue

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers

You Call that a Tip? | Shutdown Goes into Overtime | The Atlantic City Experiment

Chris Opfer: If there’s one ruling out of the current National Labor Relations Board that neatly sums up the board’s shift away from its predecessors’ approach to workplace law, it might be last week’s decision in a case involving JFK Airport skycaps who were canned for complaining about tips.

The board’s Republican majority in a 3-1 decision said the skycaps’ boss didn’t violate labor law by telling them to hit the bricks after the workers bristled at being asked ...