According to enforcement statistics for fiscal year (FY) 2021 (September 1, 2020, to October 30, 2021) published recently by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board), the Board’s General Counsel obtained a 44% increase in monetary remedies and a whopping 544% increase in the number of offers of reinstatement for workers allegedly fired for engaging in activity protected by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). These increases occurred despite the fact that the number of alleged labor law violations filed with the NLRB hit its lowest total in 10 years.
Perhaps not coincidentally, these increases also come on the heels of President Biden’s controversial termination in March of this year of former Republican NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb with 10 months still left in his term, and the subsequent appointment of Democrat and former labor union official Jennifer Abruzzo to take his place. Ms. Abruzzo has made it no secret that she intends to pursue maximum money remedies in cases involving allegations that an employer has violated the NLRA.
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