Opinion ID: 400915
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Effects Bargaining Order

Text: 51 The Board reasoned that National's section 8(a)(5) violation in refusing to bargain about the effects of the Newark facility's closing would go unremedied unless an order to bargain over effects was accompanied by the restoration of some measure of economic strength to the former Newark employees. 252 N.L.R.B. at 164. The Board's complicated remedy essentially gave each of the thirteen at least two weeks of pay, with the possibility of increased compensation if National continued to refuse to bargain. 52 National claims this remedy is punitive rather than remedial because the order already provides for the recovery of any lost wages. We do not agree that this makes the Board's order punitive. The backpay was provided to remedy the section 8(a)(3) violation. The two weeks' wages were intended to remedy the section 8(a)(5) violation. We think the Board did not abuse its discretion in concluding that a monetary award to the employees was necessary to remedy the section 8(a)(5) violation. We do not think that the compensation is punitive simply because the Board defined the monetary award in terms of the employees' former salaries. Each of the section 8(a)(3) and section 8(a)(5) awards would be within the Board's discretion if made singly, the two violations are separate and distinct, and there is nothing punitive in remedying both violations. 53 The Board did not abuse its discretion in remedying the section 8(a)(5) violation.