Labor Relations / Unions

Acosta: DOL to begin new round of OT rules revision

06/12/2017

Brace yourself for an epic do-over of the salary-threshold rules that determine which white-collar workers are eligible for overtime pay.

Colorado ski towns seek winter avalanche of H-2B visa workers

06/06/2017

The National Ski Areas Association recently wrote to Secretary of Home-land Security John Kelly asking him to more than double the number of H-2B visas granted next winter, from 33,000 to 70,000.

Legislation would amend NLRA, try to weaken organized labor

05/30/2017

The Employee Rights Act would let union members withhold the portion of union dues used to support political activities, require annual union recertification elections and make it illegal for union officials to call for a strike before rank-and-file members vote to walk out.

OSHA postpones rule on electronic injury reporting

05/25/2017

OSHA won’t start posting employers’ injury reports on the web on July 1, as originally planned when a controversial rule was finalized last year.

White House: Move OFCCP to EEOC?

05/24/2017

Speculation swirled last week that the White House’s 2018 budget would propose moving the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to the EEOC.

Among Obama rules, execs want ‘quickie elections’ dead

05/18/2017

A survey by the Littler law firm asked 1,200 U.S. executives which Obama-era law or regulation would they most like to see repealed or revised.

NLRB soon to tilt Republican

05/16/2017

The FBI is running background checks on two potential Trump administration nominees to fill two vacant seats on the National Labor Relations Board.

State, local compliance vexes employers most

05/16/2017

While policy changes in Washington will eventually affect workplace practices, employers’ most difficult current challenges are being driven by state and local regulations, according to a new Littler Mendelson survey of HR professionals, in-house attorneys and senior executives.

Employees’ union urges Acosta to reduce DOL contracting

05/09/2017

Local 12 of the American Federation of Government Employees, the union representing 3,000 Department of Labor employees, wants new Labor Secretary Alex Acosta to reduce the DOL’s reliance on contractors.

Likely DOJ civil rights head is veteran employer-side attorney