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NLRB Chairwoman Lauren McFerran expressed her view that the NLRB has moved in the wrong direction over the last four years under the Republican controlled Board.
As business immigration policies adapt to Biden Administration priorities, employers can expect key changes that may affect their business planning and the mobility of their international personnel.
In past weeks, the DOL has revoked a number of other opinion letters on the issue of independent contractor classification.
Ms. Abruzzo was the Acting General Counsel prior to President Trump’s appointment of Peter Robb in late 2017.
The State Department has announced that foreign nationals with valid F-1 or M-1 student visas will be exempted from the Presidential Proclamation barring the entry into the U.S. of most nonimmigrants traveling from certain parts of the world.
Presently, the Contract Bar prevents employees from holding a decertification election to remove a Union during the first three years of a collective bargaining agreement.
Under current National Labor Relations Board law, the use of inflatable animals is lawful even if directed toward employers not directly involved in the dispute.
On February 4, 2021, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) reintroduced the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act in the House of Representatives and Senate respectively.
The Protecting the Right to Organize Act (“PRO Act”) would strengthen worker organizing in several ways.
In the last few months of the Trump Administration, the DOL issued controversial final rules relating to independent contractor classification and the ability of non-tip earning employees to participate in tip pools.
While OSHA published COVID-19 guidance for employers last year, the revised guidance reflects an increased understanding of how the virus is contracted.
On February 1, 2021, Peter Ohr took concrete steps to roll back many directives that former General Counsel Robb had been focusing on.
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