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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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Region Number
13
Region Areas Served

In Illinois, services:

Cook Kane Will Counties
Du Page Lake  

In Indiana, services:

Lake County     

 

States
 Illinois
 Indiana
About NLRB

Established in 1935, the National Labor Relations Board is an independent federal agency that protects employees, employers, and unions from unfair labor practices and protects the right of private sector employees to join together, with or without a union, to improve wages, benefits and working conditions. The NLRB conducts hundreds of workplace elections and investigates thousands of unfair labor practice charges each year. Region 13 serves areas in Illinois and Indiana from its Regional Office in Chicago. 

Region Full Name
Region 13 - Chicago

NLRB Chicago Office & Consulate General of Mexico in Chicago Sign Agreement to Strengthen Collaborative Efforts

Chicago, IL-- The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Region 13 Office in Chicago and the Consulate General of Mexico in Chicago, Illinois have signed an agreement that will strengthen their collaborative efforts to provide Mexican workers, their employers, and Mexican business owners across the Chicago Metropolitan region with information, guidance, and access to education regarding their rights and responsibilities under the National Labor Relations Act. 

Excess bound volumes of NLRB Decisions and Orders will be available to the public

Since the enactment of the National Labor Relations Act, the Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board have been published in bound volumes. The Agency’s Region 13 office in Chicago, Illinois will be moving to a smaller location in February. Following this move, the Agency will retain only a limited number of complete sets of the Board Decisions and Orders.

Bankruptcy Court Grants Payment of $295,000 to Former Republic Windows & Doors Employees

Chicago, IL— Former Republic Windows and Doors employees will receive long overdue backpay of $295,000 after a motion from the NLRB’s Region 13 in Chicago was granted by the Bankruptcy Court of the Northern District of Illinois.  In a June 2011 decision, the Board found that the employer violated the National Labor Relations Act when they closed their Goose Island facility and moved operations to an alter ego operation in Iowa.

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