On March 27th, the White House issued a press release to announce that President Obama has used his recess appointment power to appoint union-side labor attorneys Craig Becker and Mark Gaston Pierce--both Democrats--to fill two vacancies on the National Labor Relations Board. By law, recess appointees can serve without ...
A 68-29 vote in the Senate will send a bill to President Obama that will offer tax breaks to employers who hire the unemployed. The bill, which passed March 16, offers $18 Billion in tax breaks and pumps $20 Billion into highway and transit programs. Under this new legislation, businesses that hire the unemployed will be exempt from ...
A federal magistrate ordered frozen food delivery company, Schwan's Home Service, to turn over to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) personal information about persons employed as general managers at Schwan's facilities nationwide. This order comes from a subpoena enforcement proceeding before ...
On March 2, 2010, President Obama signed into law H.R. 4691 that extended through March 31, 2010, emergency unemployment benefits and the eligibility period for the COBRA subsidy for certain eligible laid off workers. The original legislation had expired February 28, 2010. The Senate passed the measure by a vote of 78 to 19. ...
Employment records will be screened for compliance with federal law
NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is issuing Notices of Inspection (NOIs) to 180 businesses in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee. The notices alert business owners that ICE will be inspecting their ...
At the annual AFL-CIO conference in Florida, U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis hinted that President Obama may recess appoint Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), according to a March 3, 2010, Associated Press report. Last month, Senate Democrats were unable to muster the 60 votes needed to avoid a ...
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