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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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To Whom It May Concern:
In a case currently before the NLRB, an Iron Workers local is challenging the National Labor Relations Act’s prohibition against...
This Coalition for Tribal Sovereignty letter, with 160 signatories, was sent to the members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee in support of H.R. 986, the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2017, which the Committee is marking up later this morning.
This letter was sent to the members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce in support of H.R. 986, the “Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2017.”
On June 28, 2017 the Chamber, along with several trade associations sent this letter to all members of the U.S. House of Representatives in support of H.R. 2030, The Savings Enhancement by Alleviating Leakage in 401(k) Savings Act or “The SEAL Act.” This bill would reduce leakage from 401(k) plan loans by extending the repayment period for individuals who lose their job or change jobs.
President Trump on June 27 nominated William Emanuel of the law firm Littler Mendelson to serve as a member of the National Labor...
President Trump on June 19 announced his intent to nominate Marvin Kaplan of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission...
This transformative vision would give the business community the space and incentive to organize and lead their own workforce solutions.
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