back pay
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 319 U.S. 533 - Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 1943Most cited · 1,328 citing opinions
both are remedies created by statute—the one explicitly and the other implicitly in the concept of effectuation of the policies of the Act—which are designed to aid in achieving the elimination of industrial conflict. They vindicate public, not private rights.
How often courts cite the cases defining “back pay”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “back pay” — 2,274 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1943–1946
Back pay' is not a fine or penalty imposed upon the employer by the Board. Reinstatement and 'back pay' are for the 'protection of the employees and the redress of their grievances' to make them 'whole.