Newly confirmed National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo announced her enforcement priorities in a lengthy memorandum released on August 12, 2021. The memorandum requires employers to rethink their...more
The Protecting the Right to Organize Act, or PRO Act (H.R. 842, S. 420), would make extensive changes in US labor laws, including the PRO Act’s reformulation of “independent contractor” status. This is not a mere technical...more
4/28/2021
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The Biden-Harris administration announced its American Jobs Plan, a legislative framework laying out an ambitious $2 trillion investment in physical and human infrastructure, on March 31. The bulk of the proposed spending is...more
4/5/2021
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