The task force will be led by Vice President Kamala Harris and will also include cabinet officials and top White House advisers.

What constitutes “concerted” activity has been a heavily litigated issue before the NLRB for many years. Most recently, the Republican controlled NLRB has taken a narrower view of “concerted activity.”

Included in this list was U.S. District Judge Ketanji B. Jackson, who President Biden nominated to fill a vacancy on the D.C. Circuit.
Earlier this week, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report documenting the decrease in staffing that has occurred at the National Labor Relations Board over the past decade.

The structure of this COBRA subsidy is similar to the COBRA subsidy that Congress enacted in 2009 in connection with the financial crisis, but contains some nuances and several unanswered questions that the Department of Labor and the IRS will have to address.

The U.S. Department of Labor announced two proposals last week to modify its current regulations.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced their intention to publish a Notice of Withdrawal in the Federal Register, withdrawing a proposed rule regarding undergraduate and graduate students.

On March 8, 2021, the PRO Act got a major boost of support from the Biden Administration.

Prior to the close of business on Friday, March 5, 2021, President Biden fired EEOC General Counsel Sharon Fast Gustafson.

This bill, if enacted into law, would amend federal law to expressly prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in the contexts of, among other things, employment, public accommodations, housing and education.

Recently President Biden issued a statement regarding unionization in Alabama and across America.

Embedded in this legislation is a potential lifeline for multi-employer union pension funds, which face notable funding concerns.
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