Renaissance Hotel Operating Company d/b/a Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel

National Labor Relations Board - Unpublished Board Decisions

Sep 5, 2017

28-CA-181477 (N.L.R.B. Sep. 5, 2017)

MPMc
Phoenix, AZ
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
RENAISSANCE HOTEL OPERATING
COMPANY d/b/a RENAISSANCE PHOENIX
DOWNTOWN HOTEL
and Case 28-CA-181477
UNITE HERE, LOCAL 631
and
ERUBEY QUINTERO
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
and Case 28-CA-187281
UNITE HERE, LOCAL 631
ORDER APPROVING STIPULATION, GRANTING MOTION,
AND TRANSFERRING PROCEEDING TO THE BOARD
This matter comes before the National Labor Relations Board upon an amended joint
motion of Respondents Renaissance Hotel Operating Company d/b/a Renaissance Phoenix
Downtown Hotel and Marriott International, Inc.; Charging Party UNITE HERE, Local 631; and
the General Counsel to waive a hearing and decision by an administrative law judge, and to
transfer the proceeding to the Board for a decision based on the stipulated record.
On November 30, 2016, the General Counsel, through the Regional Director for Region
28, issued a consolidated complaint and notice of hearing, alleging that since about July 1, 2016,
the Respondents have maintained overly-broad and unlawful rules in their employee handbooks,
and required employees to sign Handbook Acknowledgement forms stating that they agree with
and understand all the policies therein. In addition, the consolidated complaint alleges that the
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Respondents designated each page of their employee handbooks as “Confidential and Proprietary
Information.” The consolidated complaint alleges that, by the foregoing conduct, the
Respondents have been interfering with, restraining, and coercing employees in the exercise of
their rights guaranteed in Section 7 of the Act, in violation of Section 8(a)(1).
On July 20, 2017, the parties filed an amended joint motion and stipulation of facts with
the Board. Pursuant to Section 102.35(a)(9) of the Board’s Rules and Regulations, the parties
have waived a hearing before an administrative law judge and agreed to submit the record in
these cases directly to the Board for findings of fact, conclusions of law, and a Decision and
Order. The parties have requested that the Board set a time for the filing of briefs.
The Board having considered the matter,
IT IS ORDERED that the joint motion is granted and the cases are transferred to and
continued before the Board in Washington, D.C., for the purpose of issuing findings of fact,
conclusions of law, and a Decision and Order.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the stipulated record, which consists of an amended
joint motion and stipulation of facts, joint exhibits 1 through 9, and statements of position by the
Respondents and General Counsel, is approved and made part of the record.
The parties may file initial briefs with the Board in Washington, D.C., on or before
September 26, 2017, and answering briefs within 14 days thereafter in accordance with Section
102.35(a)(9) of the Board’s Rules and Regulations.
Dated, Washington, D.C., September 5, 2017.
By direction of the Board:
/s/Gary Shinners
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Executive Secretary