NLRB Lawyers to Limit When They Seek Consequential Remedies

National Labor Relations Board prosecutors will dial back when they’ll demand employers pay workers back for the financial consequences of labor law violations.

Regional NLRB officials shouldn’t press for employers to reimburse workers for the downstream monetary impacts of unfair labor practices in every case, instead reserving that remedy for instances of “widespread, egregious, or severe misconduct,” NLRB Acting General Counsel William Cowen said in a May 16 memo.

He also called for regional officials to ease some of the other approaches to settlements that rankled employers in recent years, particularly the ban on non-admission clauses in deals to ...