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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 Board has issued hundreds of decisions, most of which benefit big labor at the expense of employers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue issued the following statement today regarding the Department of Labor’s notice of proposed rulemaking to delay the fiduciary rule:“We commend the Department of Labor for its swift action to protect retirement savers by issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking to delay the fiduciary rule, which will help ensure all Americans have access to the advice and choices needed when saving for their future.
This Key Vote Alert! supporting H.J. Res. 83, Disapproving the DOL Rule Relating to “Clarification of Employer's Continuing Obligation to Make and Maintain an Accurate Record of Each Recordable Injury and Illness,” also known as the Volks Rule, was sent to all Members of Congress.
When it comes to policies unfavorable to employers, the last eight years were not a particularly good time for businesses, to put it mildly...
Under the Obama administration, the Democratic majority of the National Labor Relations Board took an overly expansive view of how the National Labor Relations Act...
A new report released today by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Workforce Freedom Initiative (WFI) outlines 10 of the worst policies adopted by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) during the Obama administration...
February 27, 2017 Via Email, John.M.Mulvaney@omb.eop.gov John M. Mulvaney Director Office of Management and Budget 725 17th Street NW Washington, D.C. 20503 RE: Request for Review; EEOC’s Revision of the Employer Information Report Dear Director Mulvaney:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Financial Services Institute, Financial Services Roundtable, Insured Retirement Institute, and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (Co-Plaintiffs) issued the following statement on their notice of appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which was filed today: