The National Labor Relations Board is pushing forward with its
plan to cooperate more closely with other Federal agencies tasked
with overseeing employment law. This follows an announcement in November 2021 that the National
Labor Relations Board and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
would work together on activities to raise awareness about
retaliation issues in the workplace. The agencies announced
that they would increase collaboration between the agencies on
information sharing and public engagement with the employer
community, business and labor organizations, and civil rights
groups.
On February 10, 2022 General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo formalized
this initiative with Memorandum GC 22-03, which
announced that the National Labor Relations Board would strengthen
information sharing, investigation, enforcement, training, and
outreach efforts with not only the Equal Opportunity Employment
Commission, but also its sister agencies the Occupational Safety
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