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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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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today published America’s Opportunity Gaps: By The Numbers, a compilation of research that documents the inequality of opportunity for Black Americans and people of color. Released the day before the Chamber’s National Summit on Equality of Opportunity, the report quantifies racial divides in six critical areas: education, employment, entrepreneurship, criminal justice, health, and wealth development.
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Mr. Joe BhatiaPresident and CEOAmerican National Standards Institute1899 L Street, NW, 11 th Fl.Washington, DC 20036 Dear Mr. Bhatia, The U.S. Council for International Business (USCIB) writes to strongly encourage ANSI to reject theAFNOR proposal to revise ISO 26000, develop one or more implementation guidelines or standards andcreate a new Technical Committee (TC) on Social Responsib ility.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President and Chief Policy Officer Neil Bradley released the following statement in response today’s Supreme Court ruling on discrimination in the workplace.
Leading by Example focuses on how businesses are taking initiative to recognize the warning signs of human trafficking and how to stop it.
Leading by Example features company profiles of Deloitte, Marriott International, UPS, Freedom a la Cart, Polished Pearl, Selah Freedom/Selah Way Foundation, and Walmart and highlights strategies businesses of all sizes can use to thwart the heinous crime of human trafficking.