Representation Case Procedures

• Published date: 30 March 2020
• Record Number: 2020-06365
• Section: Rules and Regulations
• Court: National Labor Relations Board

Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 61 (Monday, March 30, 2020)

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 61 (Monday, March 30, 2020)]
                [Rules and Regulations]
                [Page 17500]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2020-06365]
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                NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
                29 CFR Part 102
                RIN 3142--AA12
                Representation Case Procedures
                AGENCY: National Labor Relations Board.
                ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective date.
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                SUMMARY: On December 18, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board
                (Board) published a final rule amending its representation case
                procedures. The Board hereby amends that rule to change the effective
                date from April 16, 2020, to May 31, 2020. The purpose of this
                amendment is to facilitate the resolution of the legal challenges with
                respect to the rule.
                DATES: The effective date of the final rule published at 84 FR 69524,
                December 18, 2019, is delayed from April 16, 2020, to May 31, 2020.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roxanne L. Rothschild, Executive
                Secretary, National Labor Relations Board, 1015 Half St. SE,
                Washington, DC 20570-0001, (202) 273-1940 (this is not a toll-free
                number), 1-866-315-6572 (TTY/TDD).
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 18, 2019, the National Labor
                Relations Board published a final rule modifying various aspects of its
                representation case procedures to permit parties additional time to
                comply with various pre-election requirements instituted in 2015, to
                clarify and reinstate some procedures that better ensure the
                opportunity for litigation and resolution of unit scope and voter
                eligibility issues prior to an election, and to make several other
                changes the Board deems to be appropriate policy choices that better
                balance the interest in the expeditious processing of questions of
                representation with the efficient, fair, and accurate resolution of
                questions of representation.
                 On March 18, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the District of
                Columbia requested that the Board consider postponing the effective
                date of the rule in connection with a pending proceeding concerning the
                rule. The Board has determined that postponing the effective date of
                the rule would facilitate the resolution of the legal challenges that
                have been filed with respect to the rule. Accordingly, the Board has
                decided to change the effective date of the rule from April 16, 2020,
                to May 31, 2020.
                 Dated: March 23, 2020.
                Roxanne L. Rothschild,
                Executive Secretary.
                [FR Doc. 2020-06365 Filed 3-27-20; 8:45 am]
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