Senate Hearing Focused on NLRB Expedited Election Rule

The National Labor Relations Board’s new “quickie” election rule—set to take effect on April 14, 2015—will detrimentally impact both employers and employees, according to many witnesses testifying at a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) hearing. Lawmakers and panelists described the rule’s many amendments to the Board’s representation election procedures, and debated the rule’s practical implications for all parties involved.