The NLRB reopened from shutdown status on November 13, 2025. Due dates to file or serve most documents were tolled during the period of the shutdown, although due dates cannot be tolled for filing and service of unfair labor practice charges, applications for awards of fees and other expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act, and certain representation petitions. For documents where tolling applies, the terms are that for each day on which the Agency’s offices were closed for all or any portion of the day, one day is added to the time for filing or service of the document. If the new due date falls on a weekend or holiday, the new due date will be moved to the next business day. For example, if the original due date was October 7, 2025 and the shutdown lasted 43 days, the revised due date is November 19, 2025. See chart for revised due dates.

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Division of Judges

The NLRB's Administrative Law Judges docket, hear, settle and decide unfair labor practice cases nationwide, operating through offices in Washington, New York, and San Francisco.

The Division of Judges assigns cases approximately 3 weeks before the trial date, at which time the judges contact all parties in an attempt to settle the case and to resolve certain pre-trial or subpoena issues. For cases that do not settle, the judges make arrangements for the hearing. Upon close of the hearing, the judges consider the trial records and briefs, and write their decisions. A small number of cases result in bench decisions, which are delivered orally by the judge at the conclusion of the hearing.

Click here for a Division of Judges Office Directory

View a list of recent Administrative Law Judge decisions.

View the NLRB ALJ Bench Book 2025

Substantive Additions to the 2025 NLRB ALJ Bench Book

View a history of the Division of Judges (pdf).