Wrongful Termination – NLRB Ruling – Contempt

7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: NLRB v. Haven Salon + Spa, Inc

Case No.: 21-2413

Officials: Easterbrook, Hamilton, and Scudder, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Wrongful Termination – NLRB Ruling – Contempt

Parties ignore court orders at their peril. This is true in civil and criminal litigation, and this opinion reinforces that the point applies with full force to orders of the National Labor Relations Board. Haven Salon + Spa’s refusal to comply fully with a Board order entered in response to the company’s wrongful termination of an employee—as well as its disregard of two orders entered by this court—leads the court to hold Haven in contempt and to increase the costs of the firm’s persistent noncompliance.

Decided 02/27/23

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