[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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