President Obama Announces Recess Appointments to the NLRB and the EEOC

On March 27, 2010, President Obama announced the following recess appointments to the NLRB and the EEOC.

Craig Becker and Mark Pearce have been appointed to be Board Members of the National Labor Relations Board.  While both had been approved by the Senate Labor Commitee, a vote on their confirmation has been delayed in the Senate.  There is still one vacancy on the five member NLRB Board.   No action was taken on the third nominee to the NLRB, Bryan Hayes, that President Obama had previously sent to the Senate.

Chai R. Feldblum, Victoria A. Lipnic and Jacqueline A. Berrien (Chair) were appointed Commissioners of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  P. David Lopez was appointed General Counsel of the EEOC.

The recess appointments will expire in December, 2011 when the Senate next has a recess.  In the interim, all of these nominations for a full term will be awaiting a Senate vote.