NLRB Member’s Early Work Was Harmless Violation, GAO Finds (1)

National Labor Relations Board member David Prouty violated federal labor law by working at the agency before officially receiving his presidential appointment, but there aren’t penalties for the violation and it didn’t harm any NLRB cases he worked on, the US Government Accountability Office concluded.

Prouty sufficiently ratified his actions at the board during the 25 days before President Joe Biden signed his presidential commission in 2021, so they neither compromised nor invalidated any cases, the GAO said in a legal opinion issued Tuesday.

Prouty, a Democratic board member and former union lawyer, reviewed ALJ decisions and entered actions in ...