Labor Relations / Unions

Labor Secretary-designate Acosta to join elite club

03/13/2017

If Alexander Acosta is confirmed as the nation’s 27th secretary of labor, he will join some illustrious company.

Is it legitimate to prohibit our employees from discussing their compensation?

03/07/2017

Q. Our policy prohibits employees from discussing their salaries and benefits with each other. This helps reduce untimely requests for raises, petty gossip and the inevitable questions about why one employee makes more than another. Is such a policy a good idea?

What to expect from Trump’s Labor nominee

03/02/2017

With the nomination of Alexander Acosta to head the Department of Labor, the race is on to figure out where he stands on issues important to employers.

Business groups appeal to kill off retirement fund fiduciary rule

02/28/2017

A coalition of business groups is appealing a federal court’s decision to uphold the Department of Labor’s new fiduciary rule, which requires retirement fund brokers to act solely in their clients’ best interests when recommending investments.

‘2-for-1’ regulatory plan aims to free up businesses

02/23/2017

President Trump’s goal is to alleviate the regulatory burden on employers of all sizes.

Disorganization: Union membership falls to all-time low

02/23/2017

Only 10.7% of U.S. workers are now members of labor unions.

Acosta to replace Puzder as Labor Secretary nominee

02/16/2017

Law school dean and former NLRB member Alexander Acosta is the Trump administration’s new pick to become Secretary of Labor.

Two-for-one regs purge? Don’t bet on it

02/16/2017

A dramatic reduction in the regulatory burden may be largely illusory, for several reasons.

Puzder tipped off to Democrats’ HELP Committee queries

02/15/2017

Andrew Puzder, President Trump’s nominee to become Secretary of Labor, got a preview of the tough questioning that he was to expect Feb. 16 during his scheduled confirmation hearings.

N.Y. firm that runs Senate cafeteria faces contract ban

02/09/2017

The U.S. Department of Labor has initiated disbarment proceedings against the New York City company that holds the contract to operate the U.S. Senate’s cafeteria in Washington, D.C.