By Edwin S. Hopson
The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced that it was filing a notice of proposed rule-making regarding its regulations pertaining to the exemption for companionship services and live-in domestic services.
Section 13(a)(15) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) exempts from the minimum wage and overtime provisions ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On December 23, 2011, the National Labor Relations Board announced that it had agreed to postpone the effective date of the employee rights notice-posting rule at the request of the federal judge in Washington, D. C. who is hearing one of the legal challenges to the notice posting rule. According to the Board’s press release ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On December 20, 2011, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed a suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the NLRB’s amendments to its regulations governing union representation elections and seeking injunctive relief to stop the Board’s enforcement of the new rules.
The suit claims that the ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On December 21, 2011, the NLRB announced that it was issuing its new amendments to the Board’s representation rules meant to speed up and streamline the union representation election process. It will become effective April 30, 2012. In summary, the changes as set out in the Board’s press release are:
- Amend § 102.64 to ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
According to various news and blog reports, President Obama has officially withdrawn his nomination of Craig Becker to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board. Becker has been serving a recess appointment which will expire at the end of the year. Republicans in the Senate last year defeated an effort to confirm Becker to ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On December 15, 2011, the National Labor Relations Board announced that President Obama has stated his intent to nominate Sharon Block and Richard Griffin as members of the National Labor Relations Board. Currently there are two Members (at the five-member board), two Democrats (one of whom, Craig Becker, is a recess ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On December 8, 2011, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is proposing a new rule that would require federal contractors and subcontractors to set a hiring goal of having 7% of their workforce be people with disabilities, among other requirements. OFCCP is ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On December 9, 2011, NLRB Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon in a press release announced that the withdrawal of a charge by the Machinists union against the Boeing Co. over Boeing’s planned opening of a plant in South Carolina to build its large new commercial airliner, has been approved bringing the matter to an end. The ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On December 5, 2011, Holly Rosenkrantz of www.Bloomberg.com reported that the Inspector General of the National Labor Relations Board may have opened an investigation into whether Republican Member, Brian Hayes, received offers or enticements to resign his position on the five-member Board which would cripple the agency ...