Will The NLRB Soon Give Clarity On Captive Audience Meetings?

More than one year ago, the National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memo opining that employer “captive audience” meetings – where an employer may require employees to attend a meeting in which it shares information on union issues – are unlawful. That opinion did not change the law, but rather represented how Abruzzo, as the top prosecutor of federal labor law, would seek to enforce it before the NLRB.