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The National Labor Relations Board is an independent agency of the United States federal government created in 1935 as part of the National Labor Relations Act. The Board consists of five presidentially-appointed members, who are charged with overseeing union elections and hearing complaints of unfair labor practices under the NLRA. less -

NLRB delays effective date of “joint employer” regs until late February

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 11/21/2023

The National Labor Relations Board announced Thursday that it was delaying the effective date of its new joint employer regulations from the original December 26 (end of next month) to February 26, 2024. The Board asserts...more

Laboring on without a House – unions and their allies have plenty of “workarounds”

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 12/7/2022

The Biden Administration’s efforts at adjusting the balance of labor relations toward the interests of organized labor, at least for now, must largely fall back on non-legislative means, given the Republican capture of the...more

Department of Labor Tightens the Screws on Contractor Classification

Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers,... on 10/12/2022

As widely anticipated, on October 11, the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor (DOL) issued a proposed rule revising its analysis of what constitutes an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act...more

OFCCP Week In Review: November 2021 #2

DirectEmployers Association on 11/9/2021

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

OSHA’s New Health Care Safety Rule From A Labor Perspective

Husch Blackwell LLP on 6/24/2021

On June 10, 2021 OSHA issued a Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) to help address the circumstances surrounding occupational hazards existing in health care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The rule was published in...more

NLRB Extends Time For Comments On Election Proposal

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 12/6/2019

The new deadlines are January 9 and January 23. In August, the National Labor Relations Board issued proposed rules on union election procedures, which David Phippen covered. Yesterday, the Board announced that it was...more

The Employment Law Authority - September/October 2015

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/29/2015

On October 16, 2015, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) concerning new rules for extending the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program for international students...more

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