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Beltway Buzz - May 2024 #3

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/28/2024

The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more

Beltway Buzz - December 2023 #4

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/22/2023

Congress: Home for the Holidays. The U.S. Congress is wrapping up for the year, and—we know you are going to find this hard to believe—Congress didn’t make much legislative progress during the three-week post-Thanksgiving...more

Beltway Buzz - June 2023 #2

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/12/2023

Debt Limit Done. Now What? With the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the rearview mirror, this week the U.S. Congress turned to other matters. The U.S. Senate spent the week focusing on nominations to federal agencies. ...more

Beltway Buzz - April 2023 #2

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/24/2023

Senate Committee Vets Biden’s Labor Pick. - On April 20, 2023, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held a confirmation hearing on Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su’s nomination to be...more

Beltway Buzz - March 2023 #2

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/13/2023

House of Representatives: Standing Room Only. On March 7, 2023, Jennifer McClellan (D-VA) was sworn in as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives after winning a special election last month to fill a seat that had been...more

Beltway Buzz - February 2023

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/6/2023

The Pandemic Is Dead! Long Live the Pandemic! This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution to immediately end the COVID-19 national emergency, as well as a bill to end the COVID-19 public health emergency....more

Beltway Buzz - January 2023

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/9/2023

The 118th Congress Is Here. Sort of. As required by the U.S. Constitution, the 118th Congress gaveled in on January 3, 2023. If there was any hope that a new year would bring new competence and cooperation within the U.S....more

Beltway Buzz - May 2020 #2

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/11/2020

Senate Returns. The U.S. Senate returned to Washington, D.C., this week for the first time since late March 2020, and held several hearings and votes. In an effort to adhere to social distancing protocols, senators were...more

Beltway Buzz - March 2020

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/9/2020

Congress and the Coronavirus. In the wake of the growing coronavirus threat, federal lawmakers responded this week by doing what they do best: holding hearings. The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and...more

Beltway Buzz - September, 2018

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/10/2018

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

House Hearing Explores Legislative Remedy to Joint Employer Confusion

Littler on 7/14/2017

On July 12, 2017, the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing concerning the need for legislation to redefine the joint employer standard. As many employers are aware, the interpretation of when...more

Congress Considers Amending NLRA to Require Direct Control for Joint Employer Findings

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 10/6/2015

On September 29, the House subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions held a legislative hearing to consider the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act, H.R. 3459. This bill, which is mirrored in the Senate,...more

Senate Votes to Block the NLRB’s “Ambush Elections” Final Rule

Franczek P.C. on 3/9/2015

On March 4, 2015, by a vote of 53-46 the Senate passed joint resolution S.J. Res. 8 to halt the implementation of the NLRB’s Final Rule, adopted December 2014, regarding representation elections. Colloquially called the...more

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