{"id":5539,"date":"2024-03-04T10:40:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T15:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/?p=5539"},"modified":"2025-02-05T09:26:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T14:26:50","slug":"nlrb-finds-that-wearing-blm-logo-in-the-workplace-is-protected-concerted-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/insights\/nlrb-finds-that-wearing-blm-logo-in-the-workplace-is-protected-concerted-activity.html","title":{"rendered":"NLRB Finds That Wearing BLM Logo in the Workplace is Protected Concerted Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a ruling that could have far reaching implications in both unionized and non-union work environments, the National Labor Relations Board (\u201cNLRB\u201d or \u201cBoard\u201d) ruled that Home Depot violated Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when it terminated an employee for refusing to remove a BLM logo from his company apron that violated Home Depot\u2019s dress code prohibiting the display of causes or political messages unrelated to the workplace.<\/p>\n<p>Although not the first time the Board has addressed the right of employees to don attire with BLM insignia, the ruling provides insight on the factors the Board will find sufficient to rule that employer dress codes must yield to employees\u2019 expressions of support for social justice movements or other political causes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Prior Rulings<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/insights\/nlrb-finds-that-wearing-blm-logo-in-the-workplace-is-protected-concerted-activity.html\"  title=\"Continue Reading NLRB Finds That Wearing BLM Logo in the Workplace is Protected Concerted Activity\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a ruling that could have far reaching implications in both unionized and non-union work environments, the National Labor Relations Board (\u201cNLRB\u201d or \u201cBoard\u201d) ruled that Home Depot violated Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when it terminated an employee for refusing to remove a BLM logo from his company apron that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,247],"tags":[],"coauthors":[139],"class_list":["post-5539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insights","category-labor-employment-insights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NLRB Finds That Wearing BLM Logo in the Workplace is Protected Concerted Activity &#8212; March 4, 2024 &#8212; Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook &amp; Cooper, P.C. 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