Court enforces NLRB order, warns employers: don’t punish pay discussions

The NLRB found that North Mountain Foothills Apartments had violated Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act by interrogating Press about his wage discussions, issuing an overly broad directive prohibiting such discussions, threatening unspecified reprisals, and discharging him for engaging in protected activities. The Board ordered the company to cease these practices, offer reinstatement to Press, provide backpay, compensate for adverse tax consequences, remove any reference to the discharge from its files, and post a remedial notice.