The chairman of the National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday refuted claims by Democratic lawmakers that the board is attempting to evade ethical questions about its actions, while adding that the government’s main labor law enforcement agency expects to finish a proposed rule on the controversial joint employer doctrine by the end of the summer.
“Let me assure you that any notice-and-comment rulemaking undertaken by the NLRB will never be for the purpose of evading ethical restrictions. As you note, I said during my confirmation hearing that I would take my ethical obligations very seriously, and I do,” NLRB Chairman John Ring said in a letter Tuesday to Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
