September to Remember. Congress returned this week, and Capitol Hill policymakers are girding themselves for a busy month of September. Indeed, October 1—the start of the new fiscal year—looms large, so Congress will have...more
9/10/2018
/ Brett Kavanaugh ,
Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Facebook ,
H-1B ,
NLRB ,
OFCCP ,
Opinion Letter ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Senate Confirmation Hearings ,
Twitter ,
USCIS
Mark Your Calendar. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Member Mark Gaston Pearce’s term comes to end on Monday, August 27, 2018. Suffice it to say that most employers won’t exactly be sorry to see him go. ...more
See Ya Later, Persuader. It took more than eight years, but the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) persuader rule has finally been rescinded. Proposed just one day prior to the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) 2011...more
7/23/2018
/ Ambush Election Rules ,
Brett Kavanaugh ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Discrimination ,
Federal Budget ,
H-1B ,
LMRDA ,
NLRB ,
Non-Disparagement Provisions ,
OSHA ,
Persuader Rules ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Sexual Stereotyping ,
USCIS ,
Workplace Safety
Ryan Retires. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced on April 11 that he won’t seek reelection in November. While Ryan is much more of a budget wonk than a labor guru, the Buzz will be monitoring the impacts of this...more
PAID Underway. On April 3, the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) officially launched its Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program to encourage employers to voluntarily resolve potential...more
4/6/2018
/ Audits ,
Claim Procedures ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Disability Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
H-1B ,
Navarro v Encino Motorcars ,
Self-Reporting ,
USCIS ,
Wage and Hour
Omnibus Speeds Through. More than six months into the current fiscal year, earlier today President Trump signed a massive omnibus spending bill that will fund the federal government through September 30. This means that a...more
3/26/2018
/ Appropriations Bill ,
DACA ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Budget ,
H-1B ,
Joint Employers ,
NLRB ,
OSHRC ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS
NLRB Returns to Amorphous Joint-Employer Standard. Talk about policy oscillation: the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) joint-employer recusal debacle continued this week, perhaps coming to an abrupt end (for now). ...more
“Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don’t forget your booties ‘cause it’s cooooold out there today.” Here is your Groundhog Day Beltway Buzz...more
Some welcome hot air has finally come to D.C., and it’s not just coming from the mouths of politicians and regulators. Seriously. It’s 60 degrees today in D.C.! This time last week, it was 20 degrees. That’s quite a flip-flop...more
Welcome back, and hold onto your reindeer reins - it’s going to be a busy few weeks ahead.
The 12 Days (or so) of Congress. Congress has returned to D.C. after a week-long Thanksgiving break, and the Trump administration...more
Tax Reform Gets Under Way; Special Interest Groups Already Bustling.As soon as the Republican-controlled Congress cast aside (however momentarily) its attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to focus on tax reform,...more
10/9/2017
/ Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
DACA ,
Epic Systems Corp v Lewis ,
Ernst & Young v Morris ,
H-1B ,
Joint Employers ,
Murphy Oil v NLRB ,
SCOTUS ,
Tax Reform ,
Visas
“Zombie” ACA Repeal-and-Replace Effort Suddenly Resuscitated. Opponents of Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal-and-replace efforts no doubt forgot the vitally important “double tap” rule, and now the zombie legislative effort is...more
9/25/2017
/ Affordable Care Act ,
EEO-1 ,
FOIA ,
H-1B ,
Health Insurance ,
Legislative Agendas ,
NLRB ,
OFCCP ,
OMB ,
OSHA ,
Repeal ,
Silica
THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR . . . OSHA’S YEARLY SUMMER HEAT CAMPAIGN -
On June 26, 2017, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced the return of its heat illness prevention campaign: Water. Rest. Shade....more
8/4/2017
/ Administrative Interpretation ,
Ban the Box ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
H-1B ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Joint Employers ,
Minimum Salary ,
Misappropriation ,
New Legislation ,
Opinion Letter ,
OSHA ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Persuader Rules ,
Sick Leave ,
Trade Secrets ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Theft ,
White-Collar Exemptions ,
Workplace Injury ,
Workplace Safety