NLRB at Work: Republican Members Target 'Perfectly Clear' Successor Doctrine

The National Labor Relations Board's (NRLB) Republican-appointed members have indicated their interest in revisiting the board's test for deciding whether firms that acquire unionized workplaces are successors prohibited from unilaterally changing employment terms, reports Reuters . In a footnote to a ruling last month, NRLB Chairman Marvin Kaplan stated his disagreement with the board precedent stipulating that employers become "perfectly clear" successors to a previous company if they express their plans to hire their predecessor's employees without clarifying that employment would reply on workers accepting new terms.