DE Under 3: Major USDOL Policy Initiatives on Hold Pending Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su's Confirmation Struggles
DE Under 3: U.S. Labor Secretary Walsh Expected to Resign
DE Under 3: Secretary Walsh Intervenes in Court, Religious Exemption Updates, & AAP Verification Deadline Extension Developments
Podcast: Who Is Marty Walsh and What Would His DOL Appointment Mean for Employers? - Employment Law This Week® - #WorkforceWednesday
Labor and Employment Podcast Series - Anticipations for 2021 Under the Biden Administration
#WorkforceWednesday: Biden Picks Labor Nominee, The Biden EEOC, Temporary Special Relief for FSAs - Employment Law This Week®
Employment Law Now IV-67- Today's U.S. DOL Phone Briefing re: Federal Coronavirus Initiatives
It has been a busy start to President Trump’s second term in office. For some, if not most employers, it can be difficult to keep up as new Executive Orders, mandates and press releases seem to be issued daily. Here are some...more
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
As Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer braces for a flurry of questions at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) on her way to a full Senate vote to become President...more
President-Elect Trump has proposed Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer as the next Secretary of Labor. The selection is particularly notable for the clear pro-union leanings of the nominee of a Republican president-elect. Any effort...more
Last week, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he will nominate Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer to be the next Secretary of Labor. Rep. Chavez-DeRemer most recently represented Oregon’s 5th District in the US House of...more
President Joe Biden on Monday, January 8, 2024, sent to the Senate the nomination of Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su to serve as permanent DOL Secretary. President Biden previously had signaled his intent to send the...more
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. House of Pain. This week, the Buzz was...more
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
1. The National Labor Relations Board reinstated its previous standard for restricting employee severance agreements. McLaren Macomb, 372 NLRB No. 58 (2023). The Board’s ruling applies to all severance agreements for...more
President Biden has announced that he will nominate Julie Su to succeed outgoing Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh. As we have previously reported, Mr. Walsh will leave his post in mid-March to become the Executive Director of...more
On March 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate confirmed the Presidential nomination of Boston mayor Marty Walsh as Secretary of the Department of Labor. The vote was 68 to 29, demonstrating bipartisan support....more
This week kicks off Employers and the New Administration, a special podcast series on what the Biden administration’s first 100 days will mean for employers. Episodes will air every other week, here in #WorkforceWednesday....more
In this episode of the Burr & Forman Labor and Employment Podcast Series, partners Bryance Metheny and Ron Flowers talk about anticipations for 2021 under the Biden Administration and implications on labor and employment over...more
Welcome to #WorkforceWednesday. This week, we look at the nomination of Marty Walsh as Secretary of Labor and look at what the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (“EEOC’s”) priorities will be under the new Biden...more
On January 7, 2021, President-elect Joe Biden announced Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as his nominee for Secretary of Labor. If confirmed, Mayor Walsh would represent a stark contrast to incumbent Labor Secretary, longtime...more
Given the tumultuous news that occupied all of our attentions last week, you may have missed the announcement that President-elect Biden has nominated Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to be the next Secretary of Labor – the first...more
He's a talented guy. He hardly said a thing. The confirmation hearing for President Trump's nominee for Secretary of Labor, Eugene Scalia, took place yesterday. The nominee did a good job -- I'm not sure he answered a...more
On Tuesday, August 27, 2019, President Trump formally nominated Eugene Scalia to serve as Secretary of the United States Department of Labor. The Department of Labor is responsible for enforcing federal laws governing the...more
On Tuesday, President Trump formally nominated Eugene Scalia to serve as Secretary of Labor. Gene Scalia is the son of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Scalia has prior experience with the Department of Labor where...more
A monthly snapshot of U.S. labor and employment law developments, and why they matter. 1. The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree? Scalia for Secretary of Labor - In mid-July 2019, President Trump took to Twitter,...more
President Trump has nominated Eugene Scalia, son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, to head the United States Department of Labor. Scalia will replace Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta, who stepped down amid...more
On July 18th President Trump announced his intention to nominate Eugene Scalia to replace former Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta. Gene Scalia is the son of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. In 2002, following an...more
That article he wrote on sexual harassment was fine. Yesterday, Politico had a post about a law review article written in 1998 by Eugene Scalia, President Trump's nominee for Secretary of Labor. The article had the dramatic...more
When Alexander Acosta resigned as Secretary of Labor, his deputy, Patrick Pizzella, took over as Acting Secretary. Rather than keeping Pizzella in place, President Donald Trump announced on July 18, 2019, that he intends to...more
The news that President Trump selected Eugene Scalia to take over as Labor Secretary late last week caught some employers by surprise; after all, it was just a week ago that we were analyzing the track record of the...more