Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives

As previously discussed, the Third Circuit recently considered the National Labor Board’s (“NLRB” or “Board”) statutory authority to order consequential damages in a case involving Starbucks.  As a quick refresher, the current Board has envisioned consequential damages it purportedly has the right to issue against a party it finds to have violated employee rights, such as unlawful termination, as covering a wide swath of potential financial repercussions.