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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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For the first time since the agreement entered into force, Mexico denied a U.S. request to review labor practices at a Mexican facility, leading to the U.S.’s request for a RRM panel review.
The NLRB’s Cemex decision threatens to impose collective bargaining on employers and employees with a secret ballot election.
The U.S. Chamber is urging the Senate to hold off on the confirmation until it can be paired with a Republican nominee, keeping with Senate tradition when there are vacancies for each party.
A long and expanded strike will continue to hurt U.S. consumers and businesses
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Vice President of Workplace Policy Marc Freedman released a statement on the U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed overtime rule.
This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the United States Senate, urges the rejection of cloture on the nomination of Ms. Gwynne Wilcox to another term on the National Labor Relations Board, until a Republican NLRB member is named and reported out of the Senate HELP Committee.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Senior Vice President of the Employment Policy Division Glenn Spencer released a statement on the National Labor Relation Board’s Cemex decision.
There are currently two open seats—one from each party— on the National Labor Relations Board, and pairing Republican and Democratic nominees for NLRB seats is a long-standing Senate tradition – but union officials are pushing to confirm the Democratic nominee first.
The National Labor Relations Board sets its sights on employee handbooks including provisions that prohibit profanity in the workplace.
The Office of Labor-Management Standards is going against the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act’s 64 years of precedent and trying to force employers to file unnecessary persuader reports. And it’s clear why.