Board Overrules Specialty Healthcare, Eliminates 'Overwhelming Community of Interest' Standard
December 15, 2017
December 15, 2017
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following news release:
In a 3-2 decision involving PCC Structurals, Inc., the National Labor Relations Board overruled Specialty Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center of Mobile, 357 NLRB 934 (2011) (Specialty Healthcare), and reinstated the traditional community-of-interest standard for determining an appropriate bargaining unit in union representation cases. The National Labor Relations Act provides that the Boa . . .
In a 3-2 decision involving PCC Structurals, Inc., the National Labor Relations Board overruled Specialty Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center of Mobile, 357 NLRB 934 (2011) (Specialty Healthcare), and reinstated the traditional community-of-interest standard for determining an appropriate bargaining unit in union representation cases. The National Labor Relations Act provides that the Boa . . .