By Edwin S. Hopson
On July 30, 2013, the Senate voted to confirm the President’s recent nominations of Democrats Kent Hirozawa and Nancy Schiffer to be Members of the National Labor Relations Board. Hirozawa is currently Chief Counsel to NLRB Chairman Pearce. Schiffer was most recently Associate General Counsel of the AFL-CIO. The Senate ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On July 24, 2013, the National Labor Relations Board announced that it had approved another restructuring of some of its Regional Offices in the field, effective September 1, 2013.
The reorganization will change the status of two Regional Offices to sub-regional offices. Thus, the number of NLRB Regional Offices will now be ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On July 24, 2013, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held an executive session to discuss and vote on the President’s recent nominations of Democrats Kent Yoshiho Hirozawa and NancyJeanSchiffer to be Members of the National Labor Relations Board. Hirozawa is currently Chief Counsel to NLRB ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
As part of the agreement regarding the Senate filibuster rules, on July 23, 2013, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held about a two hour hearing on the President’s recent nominations of Kent Yoshiho Hirozawa and Nancy Jean Schiffer to be Members of the National Labor Relations Board. Both faced ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
The Senate on July 18, 2013, voted 54 to 46 to confirm President Obama’s nomination of Thomas Perez to be U.S. Secretary of Labor. Many Republicans had voiced opposition to Perez based on various actions he took during his time as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. Moving forward on Perez’ nomination was apparently ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On July 17, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in NLRB v. Enterprise Leasing Company Southeast and Huntington Ingalls Inc. v. NLRB, joined the D.C. and Third Circuits in deciding that the President’s recess appointments to the NLRB were invalid. The Court’s panel was split 2 to 1, with Senior Judge ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
According to the Wall Street Journal, three major unions, Teamsters, UFCW and UNITE-HERE, have written a letter to Senate Majority, Leader Harry Reid, and Democratic Leader in the House, Nancy Pelosi, complaining:
“Since the ACA was enacted, we have been bringing our deep concerns to the Administration, seeking ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
Politico.com and other media are reporting that on July 16, 2013, as part of the agreement to resolve the deadlock over possibly changing the filibuster rules in the Senate, Democrats in consultation with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka agreed that Recess-Appointee Members Richard Griffin and Sharon Block of the NLRB would ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On July 11, 2013, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) filed cloture on seven nominations including Richard Griffin, Sharon Block and Mark Pearce, all Democrats, to be Members of the National Labor Relations Board. His motion also included Thomas Perez to be Secretary of Labor. Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell ...
The Obama Administration announced late on July 2nd that the employer mandate reporting and penalty provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will be delayed until 2015. The announcement does not provide details, but states that the employer reporting requirement and employer mandate penalties will not apply until 2015. Under the ACA ...