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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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About NLRB

Eleanor Laws

Judge

Judge Laws was appointed in September of 2011. She previously spent several years in private practice specializing in employment law, including the representation of clients before the EEOC and the MSPB.  She also served 4 years as an EEOC administrative judge.  In addition, she handled employment relations cases for the United States Postal Service, and spent 2 years as the Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity at the University of Montana.  She has written extensively on employment law issues and has co-authored several textbooks in the field.  She received her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and her law degree from the University of North Carolina.  She was an SSA judge for 2 years before transferring to the NLRB Judges Division.