Salem Hosp. Corp. v. NLRB, No. 11-1466 (D.C. Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseSalem petitioned for review of the Board's certification of a bargaining unit and its subsequent determination that Salem unlawfully refused to bargain. The court concluded that the hearing officer's (HO's) premature closing of the record was not an abuse of discretion. In this case, despite the Board’s unexplained failure to allow a party to submit evidence at a representation hearing, Salem has not, as it must, established prejudice. The court also concluded that neither the HO nor the General Counsel abused his discretion where Salem has not shown prejudice by the decision not to transfer for alleged ex parte communications; Salem failed to establish that the Board's error of granting the Union's Special Appeal was prejudicial; Salem does not explain how the Board’s issuance of the erratum order was ultra vires or how the order prejudiced it; and, assuming arguendo that the Board erred by not allowing Salem to use the Sub-Zero Freezer Co. exception, no prejudice resulted. The court concluded that, although the Board's proceedings contain a myriad of missteps, Salem has failed to establish prejudice. The court denied Salem's petition for review and granted the Board's cross-application for enforcement.
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