Quick! No time to blink! NLRB reverts to speedy election rules

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a direct final rule on August 24, that makes 10 amendments to the election process, which will take effect December 26, 2023. The rule rescinds amendments made by the Board in 2019. It also returns representation case procedures to those that existed beginning in 2014, when the Board majority appointed by President Obama sought to better achieve its statutory duty to resolve questions of representation accurately, efficiently, and speedily. According to the Board, underlying these basic provisions is the animating principle that representation cases should be resolved quickly and fairly.