Opinion ID: 185686
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Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Challenges Regarding Employee Schkoor

Text: 16 Following the ALJ's decision, DC filed exceptions to most of his findings. See Respondent's Exceptions to Administrative Law Judge's Decision and Recommended Order (July 2, 1999), reprinted in J.A. 202-08. DC failed, however, to except to five of the ALJ's findings regarding information requested in connection with employee Schkoor. Specifically, DC did not file exceptions to the ALJ's findings that DC violated the Act with respect to the following Union information requests: (1) a request in early March regarding the factors used in deciding to promote other engineers to the position that Schkoor had sought; (2) a March request for Schkoor's performance evaluations; (3) an April request regarding one of the employees hired for the position Schkoor had sought; (4) an April request regarding workplace diversity policies; and (5) an April request regarding other employees who allegedly had not received their performance evaluations on time. See Order at 1 n.2, 5; Respondent's Exceptions, reprinted in J.A. 202-08. 17 The NLRA provides that [n]o objection that has not been urged before the Board... shall be considered by the court, unless the failure or neglect to urge such objection shall be excused because of extraordinary circumstances. NLRA § 10(e), 29 U.S.C. § 160(e). DC argues that it excepted generally to the ALJ's alleged failure to consider whether DC was excused from complying with all of Mr. Valentin's requests on the grounds that he made the requests in bad faith. DC also objected to the ALJ's alleged failure to consider DC's assertion that all of the requests for information should be deferred to the parties' grievance and arbitration procedures. Reply Br. of Petitioner at 2-3. We need not decide whether these two general exceptions gave the Board adequate notice that DC intended to contest the violations surrounding Mr. Schkoor's grievances. Assuming arguendo that DC adequately challenged the findings before the Board, we reject both of DC's general exceptions on the merits, as explained infra.