# April 2021 [ ![$100 on a clacualator on phone in a hand over a wooden table indoors](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/69/v06dt37iqfy-69884da4.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1119:stimulus-bill-employment-effects&catid=211)## [Stimulus Bill Measures That Affect Employment](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1119:stimulus-bill-employment-effects&catid=211) April 05, 2021 | [April 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=211) The $1.9 trillion stimulus bill has significant effects on employment. [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1119:stimulus-bill-employment-effects&catid=211) [ ![flames going up, cooking pizza](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/f1/tv8e9oqx-h4-f1a8c650.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1118:eeoc-general-counsel-firing-nlrb&catid=211)## [New Administration Fires EEOC General Counsel during Term of Office, Just like Top NLRB Lawyer](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1118:eeoc-general-counsel-firing-nlrb&catid=211) April 05, 2021 | [April 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=211) 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 h… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1118:eeoc-general-counsel-firing-nlrb&catid=211) [ ![caution cleaning signs laying on the ground flat](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/eb/otvu7zmteic-eb8b62e2.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1117:osha-covid-19-order-response&catid=211)## [OSHA Responds to Executive Order with New Covid-19 National Emphasis Program](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1117:osha-covid-19-order-response&catid=211) April 05, 2021 | [April 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=211) 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 Depart… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1117:osha-covid-19-order-response&catid=211) [ ![hands of different people on a wooden table indoors](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/9f/ljqarjajotc-9fecb0be.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1116:union-act-house-passed&catid=211)## [Controversial Pro-union Pro Act Passed by House](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1116:union-act-house-passed&catid=211) April 05, 2021 | [April 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=211) 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 h… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1116:union-act-house-passed&catid=211) [ ![Person typing on a laptop computer at a desk indoors](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/2d/mfb1b1s4smc-2de786e2.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1115:regulations-contractor&catid=211)## [Joint Employer and Independent Contractor Regulations to Be Reviewed by the Biden Administration](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1115:regulations-contractor&catid=211) April 05, 2021 | [April 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=211) 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. 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