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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

Susannah Merritt

Judge

Judge Susannah Merritt was appointed in July 2023.  Previously, she served as an Administrative Law Judge for the Social Security Administration in Philadelphia.  Before her appointment with Social Security, she spent 11 years as a senior trial attorney in the Board’s regional office in Seattle.  She also worked for three years as an attorney advisor for the Board’s Office of Representation Appeals in Washington, DC.  Judge Merritt received her Bachelor's degree from Vassar College, her Master's degree in English Literature from the University of Virginia, and her Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University Law Center.