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- Title: Supreme Optical Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- Author : Sixth Circuit. United States Court Of Appeals
- Release Date : January 27, 1980
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 66 KB
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This case is before the Court on Petition for Review and Cross-Application for Enforcement of an Order of the National Labor Relations Board, 235 N.L.R.B. No. 193, dated May 5, 1978. In its Decision and Order, the Board held that in attending an unemployment compensation hearing at the request of a former employee, five of the Company's employees were engaged in concerted activity protected by the National Labor Relations Act, as amended. Consequently the Board held the Company violated Section 8(a)(1) of the Act by discharging those employees because of their actions. The Board, in the course of its Decision, also found that David Carlton was a supervisor within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Act, and that he had given the employees in question permission to leave work to attend the hearing. Had the employees not had permission, the Board indicated, the same result might not necessarily have been reached, since in that case it would have been necessary to balance the employees' interest in engaging in the activity against the Company's interest in efficient operation of its business.