The federal government’s complicated multi-pronged approach to implementing COVID-19 safeguards related to federal contractors has left many confused. ...more
10/1/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
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Employer Mandates ,
Essential Workers ,
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Federal Employees ,
Infectious Diseases ,
OSHA ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Vaccinations ,
Workplace Safety
On September 9, 2021, President Biden released his COVID-19 Action Plan, Path Out of the Pandemic (the “Plan”). The Plan mandates vaccination against COVID-19 for employees working for employers that have 100 or more...more
9/15/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
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Employer Liability Issues ,
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Vaccinations ,
Workplace Safety
Introduction Over a year and a half since the pandemic first started to take its toll on the health and welfare of individuals and the economy, the country is still reeling and struggling to recover. Some employers and...more
9/7/2021
/ Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Mandates ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Labor Regulations ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRB ,
OSHA ,
Supply Chain ,
Telecommuting ,
Unions ,
Vaccinations
Labor Day became an official federal holiday in 1894. Although the world of employment has obviously changed significantly over the last 125 years, the pace of workplace transformation seems to have accelerated in the past...more
9/3/2019
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Affordable Care Act ,
Ban the Box ,
Employer Mandates ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Health Insurance ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Independent Contractors ,
Joint Employers ,
Labor Regulations ,
Labor Shortage ,
LGBTQ ,
Marijuana ,
Misclassification ,
OFCCP ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Rate of Pay ,
Right to Work ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Silica ,
Transgender ,
Unemployment ,
USCIS ,
Visas ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
Almost two years into the new presidential administration, and with highly consequential and hotly debated mid-term elections around the corner, Littler’s Workforce Policy Institute’s Labor Day Report examines the state of...more
9/4/2018
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Affordable Care Act ,
Age Discrimination ,
Association Health Plans ,
Ban the Box ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
DACA ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Drug Testing ,
Employer Mandates ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Foreign Workers ,
Gig Economy ,
H-1B ,
Health Insurance ,
Immigrants ,
Independent Contractors ,
Joint Employers ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Persuader Rules ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sharing Economy ,
Unemployment ,
Wage and Hour
As the Thanksgiving holiday approached, Republican lawmakers in both chambers of Congress made progress toward their singular legislative priority to enact comprehensive tax reform. Facing uncertainty in the 2018 midterm...more
11/28/2017
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Affordable Care Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EEO-1 ,
Electronic Reporting ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Mandates ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Flexible Work Arrangements ,
Income Taxes ,
Legislative Agendas ,
OSHA ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Presidential Appointments ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Section 409A ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Injury
Five months into President Trump's term, his administration's workplace policy is beginning to take shape. From notable developments at the Department of Labor (DOL), to long-awaited nominations to the National Labor...more
7/11/2017
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Affordable Care Act ,
Beryllium Exposure ,
Best Interest Contract Exemptions ,
Comment Period ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Mandates ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Fiduciary Rule ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Individual Mandate ,
Investment Adviser ,
LMRDA ,
NLRB ,
Occupational Exposure ,
OSHA ,
Over-Time ,
Persuader Rules ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Repeal ,
Trump Administration ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions ,
Workplace Safety
On June 22, 2017, Senate Republicans released a draft of their legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). After the House narrowly passed its version of ACA overhaul legislation, the American Health...more
Republicans hoped to mark the seventh anniversary of the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) enactment by passing legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to dismantle it. Instead, facing the failure of a bill on the House...more
4/10/2017
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Affordable Care Act ,
Cadillac Tax ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Mandates ,
Federal Vacancies Reform Act ,
Gig Economy ,
Health Insurance ,
Health Savings Accounts ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Individual Mandate ,
Neil Gorsuch ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Repeal ,
SCOTUS ,
Sharing Economy ,
Tax Credits ,
Trump Administration ,
Two For One Rule
On February 28, 2017, President Trump delivered his first address to a joint session of Congress, outlining a broad vision of his agenda. The Trump administration is widely expected to chart a dramatically different course on...more
3/9/2017
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Blacklist ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Employer Mandates ,
Executive Orders ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
Federal Contractors ,
Foreign Workers ,
H-1B ,
Health Insurance ,
Health Savings Accounts ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Immigration Reform ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Repeal ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS
President Donald J. Trump was sworn into office on January 20, 2017, ushering in a new balance of power in Washington and what is expected to be a dramatically different era of workplace policy. On his first day in office,...more
2/8/2017
/ Administrative Appointments ,
Administrative Procedure Act ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Cadillac Tax ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Mandates ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Fiduciary Rule ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Investment Adviser ,
Judicial Appointments ,
Neil Gorsuch ,
NLRB ,
Obama Administration ,
OMB ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Accountability Act ,
Regulatory Freeze ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Repeal ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Trump Administration
One of the first acts of the new Administration on Inauguration Day was to issue a memorandum putting the brakes—at least temporarily—on federal regulations that have not yet taken effect, and to release an executive order...more
1/23/2017
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Arbitration ,
Blacklist ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Mandates ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Over-Time ,
Persuader Rules ,
Trump Administration ,
White-Collar Exemptions
According to Ballotpedia, 140 state ballot initiatives in 35 states have already been certified for the November 8, 2016 election. This number does not include the many city-wide measures that will be before voters on...more
8/10/2016
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Ballot Measures ,
Business Succession ,
Employee Retention ,
Employer Mandates ,
Health Insurance ,
Health Insurance Exchanges ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Hotels ,
Sexual Assault ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Injury ,
Workplace Safety
Although this year's labor- and employment-related legislative activity was down slightly from that of 2013 – in part due to congressional gridlock – by no means was 2014 insignificant. Throughout the year, an influx of new...more