NLRB Issues Guidance Memo on Representation Case Procedure Changes
National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Richard F. Griffin Jr. has issued a lengthy guidance memorandum intended to explain modifications to the representation case processing procedures under the Board’s Final Rule, adopted in December 2014, reports Winston & Strawn.
The GC’s guidance covers how representation cases will be processed from beginning to end, incorporating both the Final Rule changes and the procedures that remain unchanged. The Final Rule will go into effect on April 14, 2015, and will apply to representation cases filed on or after that date, the firm reports on its website.
The guidance indicates that neither the Final Rule nor the memorandum “establishes new timeframes for conducting elections or issuing decisions.”