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19 Apr 2015, 5:57 pm by Joy Waltemath
” Introduced on Monday, March 2 by Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) in the Senate and Jon Kline (R-Minn.) in the House, the Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (S. 620/H.R. 1189) would reaffirm the right of employers under the law to offer wellness programs that are tied to a financial reward. [read post]
30 Mar 2015, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) introduces bill to reverse NLRB’s “micro-unions” initiative [Sean Higgins, earlier] House holds critical hearing on ambush election rule [Diana Furchtgott-Roth, related Senate resolution] Adding a member to the NLRB might cut down on partisan swings, but why not check out more radical reform, along the lines of New Zealand’s Employment Contracts Act? [read post]
4 Mar 2015, 2:48 pm by Mark Walsh
Lamar Alexander, Republican of Tennessee, the chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. [read post]
2 Mar 2015, 4:42 pm by Steven D. Schwinn
Senators Orrin Hatch, Lamar Alexander, and John Barrasso wrote in WaPo that Republicans now have a plan for health care, should the Supreme Court strike the IRS subsidies for health-insurance purchasers on a federally facilitated exchange in King v. [read post]
23 Feb 2015, 2:01 pm by Richard M. Albert
Seen in that light, this proposed legislation, introduced by Republican Senator Lamar Alexander in late January of this year, was somewhat of an inevitability. [read post]
22 Feb 2015, 10:21 pm by Charles Fox
Lamar Alexander, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) and Representative John Kline of the House Education and the Workforce Committee have both released new versions of the bill for consideration in this Congress. [read post]
9 Feb 2015, 5:01 am by Derek Black
Like or dislike him, Lamar Alexander is one of the more informed politicians in Washington, D.C. on questions of education. [read post]
5 Feb 2015, 12:00 am
According to Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN), if the National Labor Relations Board decides to adopt the NLRB General Counsel's position on joint employment in the pending Browning-Ferris case, this move "would destroy business opportunities for about 700,000 Americans. [read post]
5 Feb 2015, 12:00 am
According to Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN), if the National Labor Relations Board decides to adopt the NLRB General Counsel's position on joint employment in the pending Browning-Ferris case, this move "would destroy business opportunities for about 700,000 franchisees and employers. [read post]
21 Jan 2015, 7:57 am by Michael Markarian
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Ranking Member Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., and Ranking Member Henry Waxman, D-Calif., led this effort. [read post]
7 Jan 2015, 3:28 am by Jon Gelman
Tennessee's Lamar Alexander, 74, is a former education secretary under President George H.W. [read post]
6 Jan 2015, 4:34 pm by Michael Markarian
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Ranking Member Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., and Ranking Member Henry Waxman, D-Calif., led this effort. [read post]
15 Dec 2014, 1:21 pm by Christopher G. Ward
In the interim, we can surely expect more tension between employer interests and the Board, as well as concerns regarding the increasing politicization of an agency which, according to Tennessee Republican Senator Lamar Alexander, “was established to be an impartial umpire in labor disputes, but has grown into an advocate of whichever party has the White House. [read post]
8 Dec 2014, 3:21 pm by Pamela Wolf
In the wake of a scathing minority staff report recently released by Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), the EEOC has replied by letter to the senior Republican on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, calling the report “incomplete and inaccurate in crucial respects. [read post]
3 Dec 2014, 12:00 am
Lamar Alexander (R-TN) issued a report criticizing the agency's recent activities:  EEOC: An Agency on the Wrong Track? [read post]
24 Nov 2014, 6:30 pm by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Lamar Alexander (R-TN), the current Ranking Member and soon to be Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee, today issued a report entitled EEOC: An Agency on the Wrong Track? [read post]
14 Nov 2014, 1:47 pm by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
In his opening remarks and questions, Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN), the likely Chairman of the HELP Committee come January, expressed significant concerns regarding the EEOC’s litigation practices, its focus on mandatory retirement provisions voluntarily agreed up by partners in accounting firms, a lack of transparency related to the EEOC’s sub-regulatory guidance process, and its questionable focus on prosecuting employers who offer wellness plans to its employees in… [read post]