Client Alert - Labor & Employment - NLRB Expands Rights to Handbill on Private Property

The National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB" or "Board") recently expanded the right of workers to engage in organizing activity in public areas of their worksite.  In a 3-1 decision, the NLRB determined that a private property owner violated the National Labor Relations Act by prohibiting a contractors’ off-duty employees from handbilling on the owner’s premises.  New York, New York Hotel and Casino, 356 N.L.R.B. No. 119 (2011).