Punching In: NLRB Top Lawyer Is ‘Speeding’ Through Agenda Items

Jan. 24, 2022, 10:00 AM UTC

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers

Abruzzo at Six-Month Mark | NYC’s New Pay Equity Law

Robert Iafolla: National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo has made significant strides toward boosting legal protections for workers and unions in her first six months in office.

She’s rapidly rolled out an ambitious set of initiatives to add teeth to agency enforcement, expand federal labor law’s coverage, and reverse several pro-employer precedents established during the Trump years.

“To say she’s hit the ground running would be an understatement,” said Jerry Hunter, a former Republican NLRB general counsel who represents employers ...

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