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15 Apr 2016, 6:03 am
Commission staff also has consulted with representatives of the other federal financial regulators and with Department of Labor representatives on this rulemaking.What’s Next? [read post]
14 Apr 2016, 9:30 pm
In an update to regulations for certified organic meat producers, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service proposed a rule that would clarify how livestock and poultry must be treated by organic producers and handlers, in part by setting maximum indoor and outdoor space requirements—a change intended to restore consumer confidence in the organic label. [read post]
11 Apr 2016, 9:07 am
Data on killed and injured U.S. and coalition civilians and defense contractors are nearly impossible to find, although the Department of Labor reports that 1,629 contractors have been killed in Afghanistan since September 2001 and the end of 2015. [read post]
9 Apr 2016, 11:46 am
A new study for the Mercatus Center at George Mason University provides a thorough analysis of the Department of Labor’s proposed overtime rules, finding that the rules will fail to achieve their objectives and will reduce the diversity of labor contracts used across different industries in the United States. [read post]
8 Apr 2016, 10:11 am
Only time shall tell if four Justices have true love’s passion for the question whether the Department of Labor improperly denied third-party home care companies the ability to avail themselves of statutory home-care overtime exemptions. [read post]
1 Apr 2016, 9:27 am
Craig Holman, a lobbyist for Public Citizen, said the Labor Department’s persuader rule could show the value in expanding advocacy disclosure beyond registered lobbyists. [read post]
31 Mar 2016, 6:13 am
On March 24, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) published a final rule imposing new reporting requirements under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (“LMRDA”) that could impede employers’ communications with their workers about unions. [read post]
31 Mar 2016, 1:01 am
President Martin Van Buren issued an executive order establishing a ten-hour day for laborers on all federal public works: “The President of the United States, finding that different rules prevail at different places as well in respect to the hours of labor by persons employed on the public works under the immediate authority of himself and the Departments as also in relation to the different classes of workmen, and believing that much inconvenience… [read post]
29 Mar 2016, 4:04 pm
On March 22, 2016, the United States Supreme Court decided Tyson Foods, Inc. v. [read post]
29 Mar 2016, 1:48 pm
March 24, 2016) the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has confirmed the significance of last year’s Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Cheeks v. [read post]
29 Mar 2016, 1:48 pm
March 24, 2016) the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has confirmed the significance of last year’s Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Cheeks v. [read post]
29 Mar 2016, 1:47 pm
Cheeks held that parties cannot enter into an enforceable private settlement of Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) claims without the approval of either the district court or the Department of Labor. [read post]
24 Mar 2016, 11:48 pm
The report pointed to a need for uniform national regulation since different state laws would make it difficult to use these vehicles across state lines. [read post]
22 Mar 2016, 9:51 am
Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor et al, No. 15-60148 (5th Cir. [read post]
22 Mar 2016, 6:50 am
Thus, in construing those terms, due consideration and great weight is to be given to interpretations of the United States Department of Labor and federal courts. [read post]
17 Mar 2016, 3:22 pm
Reuters reports that the president’s executive order “freezes any property of the North Korean government in the United States and prohibits exportation of goods from the United States to North Korea. [read post]
17 Mar 2016, 2:41 pm
Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, only thirty-nine percent of those surveyed could explain that the Senate is assigned the role of advising and consenting to new Supreme Court nominees. [read post]
16 Mar 2016, 6:56 am
As proposed, the rule would set the standard salary level at the 40th percentile of weekly earnings for full-time salaried workers in the United States. [read post]
14 Mar 2016, 9:01 pm
The United States was on the brink of abandoning the separation of church and state but has pulled back from the precipice. [read post]
14 Mar 2016, 9:39 am
Ministry of Silly Talks Award UK Independent Commission on Freedom of Information The United Kingdom also has a Freedom of Information Act, and last year a new body was formed to review the state of play (read: investigate whether transparency is too expensive and invasive). [read post]
