Punching In: Senate Budget Plan Funds Labor Board IT Upgrades

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers.

Labor Board IT Funding|Bipartisan Limits on NDAs

Robert Iafolla and Diego Areas Munhoz: The National Labor Relations Board would get an extra $5 million to modernize its outdated case management system and information technology under a bipartisan spending bill recently approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee.

The NLRB uses an electronic case management system called NxGen. It serves as an agency-wide interactive database, storing records necessary for unfair labor practice and union representation cases, including petitions, charging papers, affidavits, and other crucial documents.

While NxGen is essential, it’s also very buggy, according to a ...