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
8/11/2025
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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
8/4/2025
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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
6/16/2025
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Minimum Wage ,
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Wage and Hour
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
6/9/2025
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SCOTUS ,
Travel Ban ,
Trump Administration
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
5/12/2025
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Federal Contractors ,
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OFCCP ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Leave ,
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Tax Reform ,
Trump Administration
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
5/5/2025
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Trump Administration
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
4/7/2025
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Venezuela ,
Wage and Hour
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
10/28/2024
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Federal Bans ,
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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
10/14/2024
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OSHA ,
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Reverse Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 7 ,
Warehouses ,
Workplace Safety
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
10/7/2024
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Longshoremen ,
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NLRB ,
Ports ,
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Strike ,
Unions
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
8/19/2024
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Donald Trump ,
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Kamala Harris ,
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NLRA ,
NLRB ,
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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Relief ,
Tips
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
8/12/2024
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OSHA ,
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State Labor Laws ,
Student Privacy ,
Unions ,
Universities
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
6/24/2024
/ Construction Industry ,
DACA ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Farm Animals ,
Farms ,
H-1B ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Over-Time ,
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Spouses ,
Student Athletes ,
USCIS
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
5/20/2024
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Artificial Intelligence ,
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Construction Industry ,
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Heat Exposure ,
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OSHA ,
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Transparency ,
Unions
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
5/13/2024
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Bostock v Clayton County Georgia ,
Compliance ,
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Joint Employers ,
NLRB ,
OFCCP ,
OSHA ,
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Subcontractors ,
Wage and Hour ,
Warehouses
Long-Awaited Border Deal Arrives With a Thud. A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. Senate this week debuted the text of their long-awaited legislative package addressing the crisis at the United States’ southern...more
2/12/2024
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Israel ,
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Taiwan ,
Ukraine
Here We Go Again: Government Shutdown? In early October, the Buzz theorized that the last-ditch effort to avoid a government shutdown on October 1 hadn’t solved the appropriations problem, but only postponed the debate....more
11/13/2023
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Comment Period ,
Confirmation Proceedings ,
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Government Shutdown ,
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Immigration Procedures ,
Joint Employers ,
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SCOTUS ,
Speaker of the House ,
Unpaid Overtime
Congress Returns, Eyes Finish Line. The U.S. Senate reconvened this week following its August recess. Meanwhile, members of the U.S. House of Representatives continued to hit the snooze alarm, as they will return to their...more
9/11/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Confirmation Proceedings ,
Data Collection ,
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EEO-1 ,
NLRB ,
OMB ,
Pay Data ,
Portal ,
Presidential Nominations ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Secretary of Labor ,
White Papers
Congress Works While Debt Limit Looms. As our country speeds toward defaulting on its debts on June 1, 2023, the White House and congressional leaders are still looking for an agreement to raise the debt ceiling. The Buzz...more
SCOTUS to Revisit Precedent on Agency Deference. This week, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) agreed to hear Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, a case that will invite the Court to overrule its 1984 decision...more
5/8/2023
/ Arbitration ,
Chevron Deference ,
Chevron v NRDC ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Minimum Wage ,
NLRB ,
OSHA ,
Presidential Nominations ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Race Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Senate Confirmation Hearings ,
Workplace Hazards
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
4/24/2023
/ Biden Administration ,
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Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Independent Contractors ,
NLRB ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Secretary of Labor ,
Unions
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
2/6/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employment Contract ,
Enforcement Guidance ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
NLRB ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
OSHA ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Union Elections ,
Unions
117th Congress Works on Last-Minute Bills as Holidays Loom. Nothing is more typical of the holiday season in Washington, D.C., than a last-minute legislative crisis in the U.S. Congress, and this year is no different. With...more
Railroads Back on Track. After months of negotiating - and a very tense last few days - the national freight railroads have reached tentative agreements with the labor unions representing their employees. The agreements avert...more
9/19/2022
/ Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Federal Contractors ,
FOIA ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRB ,
OFCCP ,
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Railroads ,
Retirement ,
Strike ,
Trade Unions
Congress Is Back. Summer break is over, and like the many children who have recently returned to school, our congressional lawmakers returned to Washington, D.C., this week to kick off a four-week stint before they leave to...more