Labor Secretary’s Year in Review. Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta was sworn in approximately one year ago this week (on April 28, 2017). Now that he has survived one year as secretary of labor, the Buzz thinks it is an...more
EEO-1 Extended. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has extended, until June 1, 2018, the deadline for covered employers to file EEO-1 forms. The previous deadline was March 31, 2018....more
Déjà Vu All Over Again? It is perhaps fitting that last Friday was Groundhog Day, as this week we relived the same government funding battle that we went through just a few weeks ago. Thankfully, because the shutdown card has...more
2/12/2018
/ Administrative Interpretation ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
DACA ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Government Shutdown ,
Multi-Employer Pensions ,
NLRB ,
Paid Leave ,
Political Parties ,
Tip-Pooling ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour
Another hectic week here in D.C. has us feeling like we’re living in a glass case of emotion. Here’s why...more
12/11/2017
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
First Amendment ,
NDAA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
OSHA ,
Paid Leave ,
SCOTUS ,
Tip Credit ,
Wage and Hour
Deal or No Deal? Bipartisan ACA Agreement Faces Challenges. A bipartisan agreement forged by senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Patty Murray (D-WA) that would temporarily restore funding for cost-sharing reductions (CSRs) is...more
2016 Overtime Rules Invalidated. U.S. District Court invalidates 2016 changes to overtime rules. Steven F. Pockrass has the details here....more
9/1/2017
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Beryllium Exposure ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fiduciary Rule ,
Joint Employers ,
OMB ,
Opinion Letter ,
OSHA ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Persuader Rules ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Unions ,
Volks Rule ,
Wage and Hour
EEO-1 News . . . Maybe. Rumors are rampant that the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) may soon take action on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) changes to its EEO-1 form, which will...more
8/21/2017
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Arbitration ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EEO-1 ,
Electronic Filing ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Health Insurance ,
OFCCP ,
OMB ,
OSHA ,
Persuader Rules ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Special Meetings ,
Subsidies
It's official. On March 27, 2017, President Trump signed the Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution (H.J. Res. 37) invalidating the regulations that implemented President Obama’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive...more