NLRB tightens leash on small business owners

The National Labor Relations Board is receiving heavy criticism from a recently implemented rule which requires businesses to remind its employees of their right to sign with a labor organization, STLtoday reports.

"This is a cynical move that puts politics above the best interests of Missouri's small businesses and the people who work for them," Brad Jones, director of Missouri's National Federation of Independent Business wrote on the organization's website. "All this does is create one more uncertainty for small business owners at a time when we're trying to create jobs and get our economy back on track."

NLRB's unprecedented action comes at an interesting time. A few days earlier, the Obama Administration announced that the amount of stringent small business restrictions would be toned down in the coming months. The NLRB seemingly is going over the President's head in this regard.

Antagonists of the new rule claim that this is simply an effort by the NLRB to punish small business owners and receive monetary compensation.

Fortunately, the NLRB does not have the authorization to impose these rules on a broad scale, according to NFIB.