Employment Policy
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The Department of Labor’s new overtime regulation raises the salary threshold, which will harm small businesses and charitable nonprofits.
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a new “walk-around” regulation that will result in OSHA-sanctioned trespassing.
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This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, on H.R. 6585, the "Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act," and H.R. 6655, the "A Stronger Workforce for America Act."
We highlight the NLRB's recent actions to thwart employees’ efforts to free themselves from union representation via decertification petitions.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission needs to restore an employer’s ability to maintain a harassment-free workplace.
A timeline of the ways in which the current Administration has promoted labor unions above all else, including workers, employers, and the economy – and how the Chamber has pushed back.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a coalition of business groups filed a lawsuit against the National Labor Relations Board over its new joint employer rule.