Punching In: NLRB Backs Off Potent Tool, Overtime’s Ill Effects

Sept. 16, 2024, 9:00 AM UTC

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers.

SCOTUS Pushes NLRB Off 10(j)|Is Overtime Killing You?

Robert Iafolla: The National Labor Relations Board has grown reluctant to seek immediate court orders to halt alleged labor law violations, once a potent weapon in the agency’s limited arsenal.

The NLRB has authorized regional directors to file injunction petitions just four times so far in 2024, a precipitous drop compared to recent years—and on pace for a lower annual total than the lowest during the Trump administration. The agency has even dropped a few injunction bids.

General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo pledged to reinvigorate the ...

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