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By Edwin S. Hopson

The National Labor Relations Board released its government shutdown contingency plan which is posted on its website at:

http://www.nlrb.gov/sites/default/files/attachments/basic-page/node-1718/NLRB%20Contingency%20Plan%20Revised%20Draft%209-27-2013.pdf

It states that “[i]n the event of an ...

By Douglas L. McSwain

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has adopted a new final regulation that extends minimum wage and overtime protections to direct care employees of home care agencies and other third parties.  Direct care workers include those who provide essential home care services such as home health aides, personal care aides, and ...

By Edwin S. Hopson

On September 18, 2013, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hold an executive session at which it approved by a vote of 13 to 9 the nomination of Richard Griffin to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board.  It also unanimously approved the nomination of Scott Dahl to be Inspector ...

By Edwin S. Hopson

On September 18, 2013, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will hold an executive session at which it will discuss the nomination of Richard Griffin to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board.  It will also take up the nominations of Chai Feldblum to serve as a Commissioner of the Equal ...

By Edwin S. Hopson

Previously, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in National Association of Manufacturers et al. v. National Labor Relations Board, et al., __ F.3d __, Civil Nos. 12-5068, 12-5138 (D.C. Cir. 2013), had invalidated the NLRB’s regulation issued in 2011 requiring all employers subject to the National Labor Relations ...

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