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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 Glacier Northwest ruling offers an important protection for employers facing destructive union behavior. If taken too far, such behavior may come at a steep price for the union.
The National Labor Relations Board General Counsel has blatantly overstepped in a recent memo declaring noncompete agreements illegal under the National Labor Relations Act.
NLRB Regional Director rejects Starbucks workers' request in Buffalo to get rid of their union.
A new complaint against Amazon CEO Andy Jassy continues the NLRB's ongoing campaign to suppress free speech rights.
In another twist in the saga of the union campaign against Starbucks, the NLRB prosecutes the company for defending itself.
New petitions filed by Starbucks workers seek to get rid of their SEIU representation.
The Teamsters Union is attempting to tell Amazon which contractors it should do business with.
This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, supporting H.R. 1163, the "Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act."