Employers that violate federal labor law will face having to pay workers for the consequences of their unfair labor practices, thanks to a National Labor Relations Board precedential decision.
The NLRB ruled 3-2 on Tuesday to add consequential damages to its traditional make-whole remedies like back pay and reinstatement.
“‘Make-whole relief’ is more fully realized when it consistently compensates affected employees for all direct or foreseeable pecuniary harms that result from a respondent’s unfair labor practice,” the board said in its ruling.
The new remedy could cover things like medical expenses that workers had to pay out of pocket because ...