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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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U.S. Chamber of Commerce Senior Vice President of Employment Policy Glenn Spencer issued the following statement on the Senate HELP Committee's Wednesday hearing.
While Senator Bernie Sanders is unlikely to ask certain questions during this week’s Senate HELP Committee hearings on labor laws, other members of the committee may step up to ask these vitals questions.
On February 23, a judge in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan rejected the National Labor Relations Board’s request for a nationwide cease-and-desist order against Starbucks.
The NLRB and its General Counsel are trying to compel employers to engage in certain speech.
Workers United, the same union that has launched campaigns to try and organize at Starbucks, is now trying to organize a Tesla facility in New York.
California businesses need Governor Gavin Newsom to take action to restore the unemployment insurance (UI) trust fund.
For the first time, a USMCA labor complaint has been levied against the same facility twice.