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Employment Law Landscape Could Change After Election

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When presidential administrations change, it’s common to see significant shifts in policy via new regulations, executive orders, different interpretations of federal laws, and changes to enforcement priorities, budgeting, and...more

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Top Five Labor Law Developments for January 2023

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1. More than 220,000 workers participated in over 300 total work stoppages in 2022, according to a Bloomberg Law report. The number of strikes is the highest recorded in 17 years. While the majority of work stoppages involved...more

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Hasty Action Dooms Biden’s Withdrawal of the Independent Contractor Rule

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The Biden Administration’s rush to withdraw a Trump-era rule standardizing the test for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor overlooked key administrative requirements for the process, causing a federal...more

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DOL Withdrawal of Trump-Era Independent Contractor Final Rule Unlawful, Court Rules

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) unlawfully delayed and then withdrew the Independent Contractor (IC) Final Rule, published in the waning days of the Trump Administration, a federal court in Texas has held. Coalition for...more

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Biden's NLRB Targeting Employee Misclassification as Independent ULP

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The National Labor Relations Act (Act) protects employees’ right to unionize (and not unionize), and to engage in other “protected concerted activity.” These are basic rights guaranteed to employees under Section 7 of the...more

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Proposed Rule Issued On Minimum Wage Increase For Federal Contractors

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Déjà vu! As we previously reported, President Biden signed Executive Order 14026 on April 27, to increase the minimum wage for some federal contractors. The U.S. Department of Labor has now issued proposed regulations to...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, February 2021 # 10

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In Washington: The Senate adjourned Friday evening after former President Trump’s defense lawyers rested their case on day four of Trump’s second impeachment trial. The defense used under three hours of their 16 allotted...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, February 2021 # 8

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In Washington: The Senate resumed former President Trump’s impeachment trial Wednesday. House impeachment managers presented a step-by-step timeline of the January 6 assault on the Capitol aided by new evidence. Senators saw...more

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Will Bernie Sanders Be Our Next Secretary Of Labor?

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The times, they are a-changin'. My colleague Frank Shuster pointed out earlier this week that a Biden Administration is likely to be very pro-employee and aggressive in enforcing federal labor and employment laws --...more

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