National Labor Relations Board prosecutors will seek settlement agreements that pay workers for the economic consequences of alleged labor law violations, the agency’s top lawyer said.
The settlement memo is the latest in a series of signs that NLRB prosecutors will take a hawkish approach to enforcing the National Labor Relations Act under Abruzzo’s direction. Fully compensating workers in settlement agreements adds to her agenda to overturn Trump-era precedents, revive a potent type of bargaining order, and aggressively seek court orders.