Employer's Lopsided Win Nullified by Overbroad Handbook Rules

Recently, the National Labor Relations Board set aside the results of an election in which the company beat the union by an almost three‐to‐one margin. The Board ordered a second election based on its finding that the employer had maintained three overbroad work rules that “could reasonably have affected the outcome of the election” ( Blommer Chocolate Co. of California , 32 RC‐131048 (2016)).