May 27, 2025
A split Fifth Circuit panel has denied the National Labor Relations Board's request to enforce a 2013 back pay order against a Louisiana plumbing company, with the majority saying it's unfair to make a mom-and-pop shop that's recovering from two floods pay out roughly $100,000 over a decade-old matter.
February 05, 2024
The National Labor Relations Board's yearslong delay in resolving a layoffs dispute shouldn't stop the Fifth Circuit from enforcing a back pay award against a plumbing company, the agency argued, saying U.S. Supreme Court precedent supports the board's position in a more than 12-year-long unfair labor practice case.
December 20, 2023
A Louisiana plumbing company is fighting the National Labor Relations Board's second bid to enforce a back pay award linked to layoffs, telling the Fifth Circuit that the agency waited too long to relaunch its enforcement efforts in an unfair labor practice case lasting more than 12 years.