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Since June 2011, Piedmont Gardens, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) have been at odds about how to handle workplace investigations. More specifically, their dispute centers on whether employers must turn over to a union confidential statements made by employees during the course of the investigation. After the case started nearly six years ago, a federal appeals court is now considering the issue.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Senior Vice President of Labor, Immigration, and Employee Benefits Randy Johnson issued the following statement today regarding Senate passage of H. J. Res 37, a Congressional Review Act resolution disapproving of the Federal Acquisition Regulations that implement President Obama’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces executive order.
Businesses shouldn’t have to sacrifice their due process rights in order to do work for the federal government.
This Key Vote Alert! letter supporting H.J. Res. 37, Disapproving the Rule Relating to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to Implement Executive Order 13673, was sent to all Members of the United States Senate.
The first month of the Trump administration has delivered quite a few headlines. What has been less publicized, however, is the fact...
The Board has issued hundreds of decisions, most of which benefit big labor at the expense of employers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue issued the following statement today regarding the Department of Labor’s notice of proposed rulemaking to delay the fiduciary rule:“We commend the Department of Labor for its swift action to protect retirement savers by issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking to delay the fiduciary rule, which will help ensure all Americans have access to the advice and choices needed when saving for their future.
This Key Vote Alert! supporting H.J. Res. 83, Disapproving the DOL Rule Relating to “Clarification of Employer's Continuing Obligation to Make and Maintain an Accurate Record of Each Recordable Injury and Illness,” also known as the Volks Rule, was sent to all Members of Congress.
