{"abstract":"As part of its ongoing efforts to more effectively administer the National Labor Relations Act (the Act or the NLRA) and to further the purposes of the Act, the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) proposes to amend its rules and regulations governing the filing and processing of petitions relating to the representation of employees for purposes of collective bargaining with their employer. The Board believes that the proposed amendments would remove unnecessary barriers to the fair and expeditious resolution of questions concerning representation. The proposed amendments would simplify representation- case procedures and render them more transparent and uniform across regions, eliminate unnecessary litigation, and consolidate requests for Board review of regional directors' pre- and post-election determinations into a single, post-election request. The proposed amendments would allow the Board to more promptly determine if there is a question concerning representation and, if so, to resolve it by conducting a secret ballot election.","action":"Notice of proposed rulemaking.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD","name":"National Labor Relations Board","id":355,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-labor-relations-board","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/355","parent_id":null,"slug":"national-labor-relations-board"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2014/02/06/2014-02128.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":101,"title":29},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":102,"title":29},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":103,"title":29}],"citation":"79 FR 7318","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2014-04-07","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Comments regarding this proposed rule must be received by the Board on or before April 7, 2014. Comments replying to comments submitted during the initial comment period must be received by the Board on or before April 14, 2014. Reply comments should be limited to replying to comments previously filed by other parties. 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