April 2021
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) are independent agencies within the Executive Branch of government, and no American President until President Biden has fired the General Counsel of these agencies during their term of office. Since the firing of the NLRB General Counsel, respondents in NLRB cases...
In a January 2021 Executive Order, President Biden directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to establish a COVID-19 National Emphasis Program and asked the agency to determine by March 15, 2021 whether to issue an Emergency Temporary Standard tailored to the pandemic. A report from the Office of Inspector General of the Depa...
The Protecting the Right to Organize Act (the PRO Act) has been a long-term goal of organized labor. It previously passed the House of Representatives last year, but the Democrats never had sufficient power in the Senate to bring the bill to a vote there. On March 9, 2021, the House voted 225-206 to pass H.R. 842, the PRO Act. This Bill...
On March 11, 2021, the Department of Labor (DOL) indicated it would review the previous Administration's worker classification regulation of determining independent contractor relationships. The Wage and Hour Division will allow a 30-day comment period on its proposal to repeal the Trump rule, which had made it easier to classify workers as independ...
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