The Bench Book is designed to provide NLRB judges with a reference guide during trials when other resources are unavailable. However, it is also a useful tool for all trial practitioners before the Board. It represents an effort to set forth Board precedent and other rulings and authorities on certain recurring procedural and evidentiary issues that may arise during an NLRB trial. It is not a digest of substantive law. Nor should it be cited as precedent, or be considered a substitute for issue-specific research. The Bench Book includes references to unpublished Board orders, unappealed...