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Acosta must wait for confirmation

04/12/2017
The Senate adjourned for its two-week April recess without confirming Alexander Acosta as Secretary of Labor.

Details emerge on DOL budget cuts

04/12/2017
The White House has sent Senate appropriators a spreadsheet detailing Department of Labor 2018 funding it plans to request.

What the new administration could mean for OSHA enforcement

04/06/2017
While there is talk of eliminating certain agencies, it is not likely that OSHA will be on the chopping block. However, less regulation is likely.

Penn State graduate assistants file to unionize

04/06/2017
The Coalition of Graduate Employees has teamed with the Pennsylvania Education Association to seek representation for an estimated 3,724 graduate student employees in the Penn State system.

During crunch time, what are the meal break rules for long shifts?

03/29/2017
Q. We are entering the busy season at work and would like our employees to work longer hours than usual for the next two months. Do we have any obligations to provide our employees with additional meal breaks if they work longer than eight hours in one day?

‘Opportunity to Work’ legislation proposed

03/29/2017
The bill, A.B. 5, would require employers to offer more hours to current, nonexempt employees before they could hire additional help.

Trump’s FY2018 budget seeks 21% less for Department of Labor

03/21/2017
President Trump wants to cut the Department of Labor’s budget by 21% in 2018.

Wave of tort reform could benefit employers

03/16/2017
Republican lawmakers have been advancing bills that would limit employer liability in different types of lawsuits.

NLRB: Facebook criticism of union official is protected

03/15/2017
A Niagara Falls man has won back pay and other damages after filing an unfair labor practice complaint with the National Labor Relations Board against Laborers’ International Union of North America Local 91.

D.C. court weighs appeal of Browning-Ferris NLRB case

03/13/2017
The D.C. Court of Appeals heard oral arguments March 9 in a case that challenges the National Labor Relations Board’s 2015 decision in Browning-Ferris, which expanded the definition of a “joint employer” to include entities that exert even indirect control over another organization’s employees.