“Outlook Not So Good” – An Employer’s Guide to the NLRB’s 2023 Agenda
One year during the holidays, probably when I was about six or seven, I was gifted a Magic 8 Ball. Hours were spent asking what I believed to be the most salient questions of the day, such as “Will the White Sox ever win the World Series?” or “Am I going to be an astronaut when I grow up?” or “Does this girl like me?” Fast forward forty-plus years to my non-astronaut job, and the question I get most often from clients this time of year is, “Should Employers have any hope for impartiality and good decisions from the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) in 2023?” Posed to the old Magic 8 Ball, the answer is “Don’t count on it.”