§ 175. — National LaborManagement Panel; creation and composition; appointment, tenure, and compensation; duties.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 29USC175]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 7--LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
SUBCHAPTER III--CONCILIATION OF LABOR DISPUTES; NATIONAL EMERGENCIES
Sec. 175. National Labor-Management Panel; creation and
composition; appointment, tenure, and compensation; duties
(a) There is created a National Labor-Management Panel which shall
be composed of twelve members appointed by the President, six of whom
shall be selected from among persons outstanding in the field of
management and six of whom shall be selected from among persons
outstanding in the field of labor. Each member shall hold office for a
term of three years, except that any member appointed to fill a vacancy
occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor
was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term, and the
terms of office of the members first taking office shall expire, as
designated by the President at the time of appointment, four at the end
of the first year, four at the end of the second year, and four at the
end of the third year after the date of appointment. Members of the
panel, when serving on business of the panel, shall be paid compensation
at the rate of $25 per day, and shall also be entitled to receive an
allowance for actual and necessary travel and subsistence expenses while
so serving away from their places of residence.
(b) It shall be the duty of the panel, at the request of the
Director, to advise in the avoidance of industrial controversies and the
manner in which mediation and voluntary adjustment shall be
administered, particularly with reference to controversies affecting the
general welfare of the country.
(June 23, 1947, ch. 120, title II, Sec. 205, 61 Stat. 154.)
