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Timestamp: 2019-04-25 05:58:49+00:00

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On March 21, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court finally resolved the issue of Lafe Solomon’s role as Acting General Counsel of the NLRB in National Labor Relations Board v. SW General, Inc. In an opinion authored by Chief Justice Roberts, the Supreme Court held that Solomon’s position as Acting General Counsel violated The Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 (“FVRA”) once he was nominated by then President Obama for the permanent position. Generally, Article II of the U.S. Constitution requires the President to obtain Senate approval to appoint “Officers of the United States,” but the FVRA allows the President to appoint a limited class of individuals to serve as acting officers on a temporary basis until a replacement can be confirmed by the Senate. Pursuant to the FVRA, certain individuals who are nominated for a permanent position may not serve as an acting officer.
Categories: Labor Law | Tags: Acting General Counsel, Federal Vacancies Reform Act, FVRA, Lafe Solomon, NLRB, U.S. Supreme Court | Permalink.
After a successful cloture vote on October 29, 2013, the Senate conducted a roll call vote on the nomination of Richard Griffin, Jr. to be General Counsel at the National Labor Relations Board. He was confirmed by a vote of 55 to 44. Once sworn in, Griffin will take over from Lafe Solomon who has been Acting General Counsel since June 2010. Griffin was previously general counsel of a major labor union, and one of the Board Members whose recess appointment was challenged in, among other cases, Noel Canning v. NLRB, which is pending in the Supreme Court. Griffin’s appointment to the NLRB was withdrawn by the President in a deal this summer to install a fully confirmed Board.
Categories: Labor Law | Tags: General Counsel, Labor Law, Lafe Solomon, National Labor Relations Board, Noel Canning v. NLRB, Nominations, Obama, Recess appointment, Richard Griffin, Senate confirmation | Permalink.
NLRB functions by securing files, property, and office facilities.
shutdown; and that payroll and other employee benefit responsibilities are met.
The plan states that 1600 of its 1611 employees will be furloughed in the event of a shutdown, which could happen tomorrow.
The plan assumes that NLRB headquarters will have a minimal staff on the job, namely, the NLRB’s Chairman, and four other Board Members, the Acting General Counsel, the Deputy/Assistant General Counsel, the Executive Secretary, Solicitor, Chief Information Officer and Chief of Security, a total of 11. Contacts by the public with field offices will be by voicemail.
Categories: Labor Law | Tags: Chairman Pearce, contingency plan, furlough, government shutdown, Labor Law, Lafe Solomon, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB | Permalink.
On August 13, 2013, U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle of the Western District of Washington, issued an opinion and order in Hooks v. Kitsap Tenant Support Services, Civil No. C13-5470 BHS, 2013 WL 4094344, dismissing an action initiated by the NLRB against the company brought under Section 10(j) of the National Labor Relations Act. The bases on which Judge Settle issued his decision was (a) that the NLRB did not have a quorum of its members when the case was filed and (b) that Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon’s appointment as acting general counsel was an improper appointment. Solomon had authorized the court filing.
As to the lack of quorum issue, Judge Settle relied upon N.L.R.B. v. Enterprise Leasing Co. Southeast, LLC, ––– F.3d ––––, 2013 WL 3722388 (4th Cir.2013), and N.L.R.B. v. New Vista Nursing and Rehabilitation, 719 F.3d 203 (3rd Cir.2013).
The Board’s argument that Solomon had properly authorized the case to be filed was rejected based upon the court’s analysis of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, which permits appointment of a person as an acting official if that person has in the last year served as a “personal assistant” to the departing officer. The court found that Solomon’s appointment did not fit within the scheme of the Vacancies Reform Act and concluded his appointment was invalid.
Since Solomon was appointed Acting General Counsel on June 21, 2010, he has made scores if not hundreds of decisions which could now be called into question based upon this decision.
Categories: Labor Law | Tags: Federal Vacancies Act, Hooks, Judge Settle, Kitsap, Labor Law, lack of quorum, Lafe Solomon, National Labor Relations Board, NLRA, Support, Tenant | Permalink.
NLRB Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon has just announced that he is considering yet another reorganization of NLRB Regional offices as part of the ongoing effort to restructure field operations in light of new technologies and changing patterns of case loads.
Under the plan, Regional Office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Region 30) would become a Subregion of the Minneapolis, Minnesota Region (Region 18), with the Regional Director being located in Minneapolis. The Des Moines, Iowa Resident Office would continue to be assigned to the Minneapolis Region. The San Juan Regional Office (Region 24) would become a Subregion of the Tampa, Florida Region (Region 12), with the Regional Director located in Tampa. The Miami and Jacksonville, Florida offices would continue to be assigned to the Tampa Region. Solomon stated in a press release that no offices will actually be closed under the proposed reorganization.
According to Solomon, the proposed reorganizations came about in light of the planned retirements of Milwaukee Regional Director Irv Gottschalk, and San Juan Regional Director Marta Figueroa. Assuming the plan is approved, the proposed reorganization would occur shortly after the effective date of retirement date of the Director in the office that would become a Subregional office.
In his press release, Solomon stated he would thoroughly consider input from Agency staff, from external stakeholders, including practitioners, members of the management-labor relations community, and Members of Congress, before making a final proposal to the Board. Any feedback regarding the proposed restructuring should be submitted to Associate General Counsel Anne Purcell in the Division of Operations-Management at feedback@nlrb.gov or mailed to her at the National Labor Relations Board, Division of Operations-Management, 1099 14th Street NW; Suite 10206, Washington DC 20570. Comments should be submitted by April 22, 2013.
Categories: Labor Law | Tags: Des Moines, Iowa Resident Office, Irv Gottschalk, Jacksonville Resident Office, Lafe Solomon, Marta Figueroa, Miami Resident Office, Milwaukee, Minneapolis Regional Office, National Labor Relations Board, regional offices, reorganization, San Juan Region | Permalink.

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