Halle Enterprises, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board

Argued March 13, 2001 On Petition for Review and Cross-Application for Enforcement of an Order of the National Labor Relations Board Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge Garland. The National Labor Relations Board issued an order requiring Halle Enterprises, Inc. to reinstate and make whole eleven employees whom the company had fired for complaining about wages, hours, and working conditions. The question before us is whether the company's voluntary offer of reinstatement to four of the employees tolled their right to backpay. The Board held that it did not, because the offer was not firm, clear, and unconditional. Substantial evidence supports the Board's finding, and we therefore deny the company's petition for review and grant the Board's cross-application for enforcement of its order.