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OSHA Invites Feedback on Proposed Rule for Protecting Workers from Excessive Heat: Employers Should Remember the NLRA and LMRA

Husch Blackwell LLP on 6/18/2024

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration plans to propose a new rule requiring employers to protect employees exposed to high temperatures at work. This federal government regulation is the first of its kind to...more

Private Sector Union Membership Rate Held Steady in 2023

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 2/1/2024

The union membership rate among private sector workers remained steady at 6% in 2023, according to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) news release. As the 2022 rate indicated, private sector union membership continues to...more

Beltway Buzz - February 2023 #4

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/27/2023

SCOTUS Rules in OT Case … More Challenges on the Way? On February 22, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a 6–3 decision holding that an employee making $200,000 each year is entitled to overtime pay under the...more

OFCCP Week In Review: February 2023 #4

DirectEmployers Association on 2/27/2023

Friday, February 17, 2023: In the Ongoing Push to Make More Companies Liable for Worker Employment Claims, California Again Seeks to Set the Pace - The great seal of the State of CaliforniaAs more and more federal and...more

Union Activity Continues to Rise: Best Practices for Your Business

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 2/13/2023

The reported rate of union membership in the United States has been decreasing for the past 40 years, with recent numbers no exception to the slide downhill. Those numbers, however, are deceiving...more

Union Membership Boom or Bust? Five Reasons the National Union Membership Rate May Increase in 2023

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/30/2023

On January 19, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the national union membership rate declined from 10.3 percent in 2021 to 10.1 percent in 2022. As described by BLS, the...more

Breaking News: Union Membership Rate Drops to Historic Low in 2022

Amundsen Davis LLC on 1/25/2023

2022 is now “in the books” and organized labor has to be reeling seeing the latest news. Despite all of those sensational headlines involving a few high profile employers facing union organizing drives last year, the union...more

Private Sector Union Membership Rate Declines in 2022

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/20/2023

The union membership rate among private sector workers fell to 6.0% in 2022, according to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) news release. This is down from 6.1% in 2021 and continues the overall decline since private...more

OFCCP Week In Review - December 2022

DirectEmployers Association on 12/5/2022

Tuesday, November 29, 2022: Consultant Provided Insights on Building Foundational Relationships in Native American & Tribal Communities in New DE Talk Podcast - Many barriers to employment exist for millions of Americans,...more

OFCCP Week In Review - November 2022

DirectEmployers Association on 11/7/2022

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment... Monday, October 31, 2022: There Are Three Reasons The Coming Harvard & UNC Case Decisions...more

Labor Day 2022 Shows Union Activity at Highest Level in Decades

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/16/2022

Labor Day 2022 comes at an optimistic time for U.S. labor unions. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, representation petitions and elections were declining steadily. However, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election filings...more

OFCCP Week In Review: September 2022

DirectEmployers Association on 9/6/2022

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 Cynthia L. Hackerott. In today’s edition,...more

Union Representation Petitions Continue to Increase in FY 2022 Under Biden Administration

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/19/2022

President Joe Biden promised during his presidential campaign to be “the most pro-union president you’ve ever seen,” so it should be no surprise that there has been an uptick in union activity before the National Labor...more

Decrease In Union Membership Will Inevitably Result in a Blitzkrieg of Government’s Pro-Union Actions

Amundsen Davis LLC on 3/3/2022

President Biden, the self-described “most pro-union president,” is faced with the grim reality that despite his administration’s systematic efforts to boost union membership, union membership has, instead, fallen back to...more

OFCCP Week In Review: February 2022 #2

DirectEmployers Association on 2/14/2022

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

Top Five Labor Law Developments for January 2022

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 2/7/2022

1. The National Labor Relations Board General Counsel’s office is advocating for overturning Trump-era Board cases defining the scope of National Labor Relations Act-protected activity. In a brief filed on January 14, The...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

Union Organizing in the Manufacturing Industry

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 11/4/2021

Despite the low union membership rate in the private sector nationally and consistent unionization rates in the manufacturing industry in recent years, the external labor-organizing environment remains aggressive....more

Beltway Buzz - June 2021

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/7/2021

Workforce Update. The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Bureau of Labor Statistics released its May 2021 jobs report on June 4, 2021. According to the report, American employers added 559,000 jobs in the previous month....more

OFCCP Week In Review: March 2021 #2

DirectEmployers Association on 3/8/2021

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

OFCCP Week In Review: March 2021

DirectEmployers Association on 3/1/2021

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

Top Five Labor Law Developments For January 2021

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/1/2021

1. President Joe Biden summarily removed National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel (GC) Peter Robb from office on January 20, 2021, and removed Robb’s deputy, Alice Stock the following day. On January 25, 2021,...more

Labor Union Plants a Big Flag in Western North Carolina

Ward and Smith, P.A. on 9/24/2020

“Change is the only constant in life.” - Heraclitus (535 to 475 B.C.E.) - Registered nurses at HCA Healthcare's Mission Health system in Asheville have recently voted to be represented by the National Nurses Organizing...more

Beltway Buzz - October, 2018

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/8/2018

Kavanaugh and the Congressional Schedule. Earlier today, by a vote of 51-49, the U.S. Senate ended debate on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court of the United States. ...more

Howard’s End of the Week Roundup - January 21

Fisher Phillips on 1/22/2018

I started these posts after my partner Travis Vance and I realized that our clients and Firm friends are eager for information in areas other than labor, OSHA, and employment law. A number of nationally renowned thought...more

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