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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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This Key Vote Alert! letter was sent to the U.S. House of Representatives, supporting H.R. 5038, the "Farm Workforce Modernization Act."
In these comments, we make three specific and modest recommendations for the Department to provide additional clarity and support for employers seeking to provide salaried nonexempt employees with incentive pay.
A letter to the New Jersey Senate president, Stephen M. Sweeney regarding efforts to amend Senate Bill 4204 (S. 4204). This legislation deals with the definition of independent contractor under New Jersey law. As introduced, S. 4204 would have severely restricted the ability of employers across a range of industries from being able to continue the legitimate use of independent contractors by removing language from Part B of the ABC test, specifically that stating: “or performed outside of all the places of business of the enterprise.”
Promoting Competitiveness & Transatlantic Cooperation
There are now more available jobs in the United States than there are individuals looking for work, evidence of a historically tight labor market for employers and a mounting workforce challenge that threatens the U.S. economy’s continued growth.
This paper highlights the major changes to the established framework of labor and employment relations that organized labor has in mind with the PRO Act. While it is unlikely to become law in the current Congress, the PRO Act is a harbinger of things to come if the political winds shift in 2020.
“The U.S. Chamber of Commerce commends Senators Grassley and Alexander for their efforts on their multiemployer pension funding relief proposal. If left unchecked, this problem could endanger the economic vitality of employers, employees, retirees and their communities. Now, it’s time for both sides of the aisle to work together to ensure that legislation moves forward to result in a bipartisan, bicameral solution,” said Spencer.
This Hill letter was sent to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation, on the hearing entitled, “Highly Automated Vehicles: Federal Perspectives on the Deployment of Safety Technology.”
This Hill letter was sent to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, supporting S. 982, the "Not Invisible Act of 2019."