Punching In: NLRB, State Houses Tackle Tasks Before Year’s End

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers.

NLRB Precedents|State House Votes

Robert Iafolla: With the specter of the incoming Trump administration and NLRB Chair Lauren McFerran’s uncertain reconfirmation status haunting the board’s Democratic members, they may be running out of time to push out precedent-setting decisions before losing their majority.

The most significant policy goal of National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo that the board has yet to rule on is overturning the Nixon-era Ex-Cell-O doctrine, which protects companies from having to pay for their workers’ economic losses caused by illegally refusing to bargain with their workers’ unions. ...