to employees or representatives of affected employees of requests for such hearings and shall provide affected employees or representatives of affected employees an opportunity to participate as parties to such hearings. . 311. Inaction by the Review Commission Section 10 ( 29 U.S.C. 659 ), as amended by section 310, is further amended by adding at the end the following: (e) Inaction by review commission (1) In general A petition for review of a decision or order issued by an administrative law judge that has been filed in a timely manner, but for which the Commission has failed to issue a final decision and order after 1 year of the acceptance of such petition because the Commission lacks a quorum, the decision or order for which such petition has been filed— (A) shall be deemed a final decision or order of the Commission