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On April 7, 2025, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Member Gwynne Wilcox was again reinstated after initially being fired by President Trump in a short email on January 27, 2025, stating that he had lost confidence in Wilcox\u2019s ability to lead the Board.\u00a0 Trump\u2019s firing of Wilcox left the Board without a three-member quorum.\u00a0 The April 7th<\/sup> decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is just the latest development in this saga, which is primed for Supreme Court review.<\/p>\n

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After Wilcox was fired in January, she immediately challenged her removal as unlawful under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), arguing that pursuant to the NLRA she could only be removed \u201cupon notice and hearing\u201d or \u201cfor neglect of duty or malfeasance in office, but for no other cause.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

On March 6, 2025, U.S. District Court Judge Beryll Howell agreed with Wilcox, holding that she had been illegally fired based on a 90-year-old case, Humphrey\u2019s Executor v. United States<\/em>. In that case, the Court held that Congress could protect commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission from removal, meaning that Congress may enact limits on the President\u2019s authority to remove officers of certain independent agencies if they have \u201cquasi-legislative\u201d or \u201cquasi-judicial\u201d functions.\u00a0 Judge Howell held that the NLRB, which investigates unfair labor practices and adjudicates them through an administrative process, performs quasi-judicial functions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Trump administration promptly appealed the decision and sought an immediate stay of Wilcox\u2019s reinstatement, which had restored a three-member quorum to the NLRB.\u00a0 On March 28, 2025, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit granted the administration\u2019s request for an injunction staying Judge Howell\u2019s reinstatement of Wilcox.<\/p>\n

In the latest development, the D.C. Circuit issued an en banc decision once again reinstating Wilcox, meaning the NLRB has also again returned to a three-member quorum.\u00a0 Like Judge Howell, the D.C. Circuit\u2019s en banc panel relied principally on Humphrey\u2019s Executor<\/em>, indicating that it was bound by Supreme Court precedent.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What does it mean that the NLRB now has a three-member quorum?\u00a0 The NLRB does not completely shut down if the Board is without a quorum, as it was when Wilcox was fired and her reinstatement was stayed, because certain tasks are automatically delegated when the Board lacks a quorum.\u00a0 The functioning of the NLRB\u2019s regional offices also remains unchanged.\u00a0 However, appeals to the NLRB Board cannot be delegated and come to halt when the Board lacks a quorum.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the April 7th<\/sup> decision reinstating Wilcox is not the final word.\u00a0 Thus far the Court of Appeals decisions have only related to the injunction; the Court of Appeals must still issue a decision as to the merits of Judge Howell\u2019s ruling.\u00a0 It is also extremely likely that the Supreme Court will review this matter.\u00a0 So for now, Wilcox is back at work and the Board has a quorum, but that could change within the next six weeks after the Court of Appeals issues its decision on the merits.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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