Today, President-elect Donald Trump announced Andrew Franklin (Andy) Puzder, 66, chief executive officer of CKE Restaurants, as his choice for Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor.
In 2016, Puzder was a Trump...more
Some may recall the scene in the movie, Network, in which actor Peter Finch launched into an angry rant on his television news show shouting "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" He encouraged his...more
On Friday, May 23, 2014, the White House, through its executive branch and other federal agencies, issued the Spring 2014 edition of the Semiannual Regulatory Agenda. Published twice a year, the agencies’ regulatory agendas...more
6/4/2014
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
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Executive Orders ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Final Rules ,
HUD ,
Minimum Wage ,
NLRB ,
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OMB ,
Persuader Rules ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
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Wage and Hour
As 2013 comes to a close, it’s time to assess what happened and what didn’t happen in Washington, D.C. during the year in terms of labor and employment law legislation, regulations, and litigation. The short version is that...more
1/2/2014
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Canning v NLRB ,
Continuing Resolution ,
D.R. Horton ,
D.R. Horton v NLRB ,
Discrimination ,
ENDA ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Budget ,
LMRDA ,
NLRB ,
OFCCP ,
OSHA ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Silica
AFL-CIO RESOLUTION ATTACKS OBAMACARE -
On September 10, 2013, U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez, to a standing ovation from assembled labor leaders, addressed the AFL-CIO’s 27th quadrennial constitutional...more
9/13/2013
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Disclosure Requirements ,
Employee Rights ,
Fraud ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Minimum Wage ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Thomas Perez ,
Wage and Hour
The 2012 presidential and congressional elections are finally over, probably much to the relief of an exhausted electorate and the chattering class of political pundits and pollsters who predicted a much closer race. Six...more