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Labor Relations / Unions

Legislation would amend NLRA, try to weaken organized labor

05/30/2017
The Employee Rights Act would let union members withhold the portion of union dues used to support political activities, require annual union recertification elections and make it illegal for union officials to call for a strike before rank-and-file members vote to walk out.

OSHA postpones rule on electronic injury reporting

05/25/2017
OSHA won’t start posting employers’ injury reports on the web on July 1, as originally planned when a controversial rule was finalized last year.

White House: Move OFCCP to EEOC?

05/24/2017
Speculation swirled last week that the White House’s 2018 budget would propose moving the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to the EEOC.

Among Obama rules, execs want ‘quickie elections’ dead

05/18/2017
A survey by the Littler law firm asked 1,200 U.S. executives which Obama-era law or regulation would they most like to see repealed or revised.

NLRB soon to tilt Republican

05/16/2017
The FBI is running background checks on two potential Trump administration nominees to fill two vacant seats on the National Labor Relations Board.

State, local compliance vexes employers most

05/16/2017
While policy changes in Washington will eventually affect workplace practices, employers’ most difficult current challenges are being driven by state and local regulations, according to a new Littler Mendelson survey of HR professionals, in-house attorneys and senior executives.

Employees’ union urges Acosta to reduce DOL contracting

05/09/2017
Local 12 of the American Federation of Government Employees, the union representing 3,000 Department of Labor employees, wants new Labor Secretary Alex Acosta to reduce the DOL’s reliance on contractors.

Likely DOJ civil rights head is veteran employer-side attorney

05/09/2017
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has recommended that the White House appoint Eric S. Dreiband to run the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division.

Trump order overturns federal contractor ‘blacklisting rule’

05/03/2017
President Trump has overturned yet another Obama-era executive order when he scrapped the federal contractor “blacklisting rule.”

Bill would override local Texas LGBT legal protections

05/03/2017
A bill before the Texas state legislature would give the state the power to nullify municipal ordinances protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual employees.