NLRB Regional Director Finds that Employer Failed to Substantially Comply with New Requirement to Provide “Available” Personal Phone Numbers and Email Addresses for Voters and Directs Second Election

After the NLRB’s expedited election rules went into effect last April, the extent to which an employer faced with a union representation petition must search for and provide voters’ personal email addresses and cell phone numbers and include them on the voter list provided to the union was somewhat of an open question. On October 16th, Region 01 of the NLRB shed some light on this issue in a decision and direction of second election (The Danbury Hospital, Case 01-RC-153086). The result for employers is not a particularly happy one.

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