First few Article Sentences
Employers and unions alike are awaiting the National Labor Relations Board’s final regulations that would hasten the union election process and which, by most accounts, would make it more difficult for employers to challenge a union organizing drive. You may recall that the NLRB issued similar rules in 2011, which a federal court struck down as invalid because the Board did not have a quorum at the time it issued the rules. The 2014 effort essentially reissues the prior rules, this time by a properly-constituted Board. On February 5, 2014 the NLRB proposed the so-called “quickie” election rules, with a public comment period that closed on April 7th. Now, employer and unions are in a holding pattern until the final regulations emerge, which is expected to happen by the end of this year.