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During the first 100 days of the new administration, each Friday we will be providing a run-down of significant initiatives and events that will impact employers. We already have much to report. President Biden hit the ground running in his first hours of office, with multiple personnel changes and executive actions affecting public and private sector employers. These include the following:
NLRB General Counsel, Peter Robb, and Deputy General Counsel, Alice Stock, Fired:
Peter Robb, the General Counsel (GC) of the National Labor Relations Board, was fired by President Biden after being given the option to resign by 5:00 P.M. Wednesday. Robb, a Trump appointee sworn in the role in 2017, previously worked as a management-side labor lawyer. Robb was known for aggressively advancing many employer-friendly interpretations of the NLRA. His appointment was widely opposed by organized labor. Robb’s term was set to expire in the middle of November of 2021. Robb’s firing is the first mid-term involuntary termination of a sitting NLRB general counsel in 50 years. This move Robb’s is a clear sign that the Biden administration intends to move as quickly as possible to shift the Board to a more pro-union