US Labor Board Adds Six Judges to Tackle Increased Case Load

The National Labor Relations Board has added six new administrative law judges to address a surge in allegations of labor law violations.

The appointments bring the number of NLRB ALJs to 36, and will help “alleviate backlog and expedite consideration” of unfair labor practice charges, the agency announced Monday.

Workers have filed ULP charges at a rate unseen since 1950’s, leading to an increase in cases that come before the ALJs. The agency took in 1,317 more charges from October 2022 through March 2023 than it did during the same period last year, a 16% increase.

The new appointments also ...