2nd Circuit won’t enforce Starbucks NLRB orders

MANHATTAN — The Second Circuit declined to enforce a National Labor Relations Board order on Starbucks’ dress code governing issue pin and logo shirt policies, finding it was founded on a misreading of precedent. The appellate court asks the NLRB to apply “a more evenly measured balancing test” of company and union interests to analyze whether the coffee retail giant’s policies violate the National Labor Relations Act. It also declined to enforce an NLRB finding that the company’s one-pin policy constituted an unfair labor practice.Read the ruling here.Read our previous coverage of this dispute here.Subscribe to our free newslettersOur weekly newsletter Closing Arguments offers the latest about ongoing trials, major litigation and rulings in courthouses around the U.S. and the world, while the monthly Under the Lights dishes the legal dirt from Hollywood, sports, Big Tech and the arts.Additional ReadsLoading...