First Healthcare Compliance CONNECT October 2022

Non-Unionized Workers
& the NLRA: Q & A
Catherine Short
Lauren Moak Russell, Counsel, Young Conaway
Stargatt & Taylor, specializes in the representation
of employers on a range of issues relating to
compliance with local, state, and federal labor and
employment laws and constitutional provisions. She
emphasizes client counseling—on issues ranging
from wage and hour compliance, to workplace
training and investigations, to effective employee
terminations—with the goal of avoiding litigation
before it begins. Her counseling practice includes
handbook revisions, effective policy implementation,
and on-site training on legal compliance. Lauren
has developed and conducts specialized inhouse
training for emerging legal issues including
the pregnancy, reproductive rights, and family
care provisions of the Delaware Discrimination
in Employment Act. As a member of the First
Healthcare Compliance Editorial Council, Lauren is a
frequent presenter at educational events. For more
information regarding this topic please view the
related webinar for further discussion and learning.
Below, Lauren answers some common questions
and provides explanations of a few timely topics
related to workplace civility, employers, and the
National Labor Relations Board.
Can you give me an overview of what
you are seeing in your practice regarding
workplace civility, the National Labor
Relations Board under the Biden
administration, and the expanding influence
into non-unionized work forces?
The first thing people need to understand is that
the National Labor Relations Board is not just
for unionized workforces, and that it has a role
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