DOL Plans to Tackle Overtime and Joint Employer Issues in 2019
Agency also extends its PAID wage claims settlement program through next March. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) says it intends to unveil new overtime and joint employer rules in […]
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IWLA Signs Letter Addressed to Trump Administration: Highlights Concern in NLRB Appointments & Recent Attempts to Re-write Labor Laws
As a member of the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW), IWLA signed onto a letter addressed to Vice-president Elect Michael Pence, specifically requesting that the two U.S. National Labor […]
CALL TO ACTION: Stop NLRB from Changing Joint Employer Standard
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is trying to change the joint employer standard under the National Labor Relations Act. This standard is used to determine when two or more […]
Education & Workforce Committee Expresses Concerns Over OSHA’s Multiemployer Citation Standard
On Oct. 13, U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-Minn.) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) asked the Department of Labor (DOL) to provide information on […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders Introduces Workplace Democracy Act, Giving Employees More Opportunity to Unionize
On Oct. 6, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced the Workplace Democracy Act. The presidential nominee’s legislation is aimed at protecting the “millions of Americans who want to join unions and are […]
IWLA Supports Act Aimed at Rescinding the Joint Employer Decision
In an attempt to reverse the U.S. National Labor Relation Board’s (NLRB) joint employer decision in the Browning-Ferris case, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.) introduced the […]
NLRB: Joint Employers can be Held Liable for the Other Company’s Employee Violations
Just weeks since the overtime rule was proposed, the U.S. National Labor Relations Board is going after businesses again. The latest decision in the Browning Ferris Industries (BFI) case has […]
IWLA Joins Partnership to Protect Workplace Opportunity in Light of Proposed Overtime Rule
IWLA is taking swift action by joining a coalition of business owners who are united against the U.S. National Labor Relation Board’s (NLRB) new extended overtime exemptions to salaried workers […]
Federal Courts Uphold Ambush Elections Rule Amidst Recent Challenge
The U.S. Federal District Court in Washington, D.C. has rejected the challenge to the National Labor Relations Board’s “ambush election” rule (a rule that speeds up the election period to 14 […]
Appropriations Committees Put Brakes on Labor Regulations
By IWLA Washington Representative Pat O’Connor Appropriations Committees in the U.S. House and Senate advanced their Fiscal Year 2106 Labor-HHS spending bills this week. These bills each contain policy riders […]
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