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May 24, 2017
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DOL Moves to Revoke Persuader Rule

The Obama administration's "persuader rule" requiring law firms to publicly disclose any work they do for employers surrounding union organizing efforts, already subject to a nationwide injunction, is being revoked by the Trump administration's Department of Labor (DOL). The DOL on Monday, May 22, filed a proposal to formally rescind the rule, which was blocked by U.S. District Judge Sam Cummi...
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May 24, 2017
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Labor Secretary Releases Budget Request

Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta has released the fiscal year 2018 budget request for the Department of Labor (DOL). According to the official press release, it supports President Donald J. Trump’s plan to invest in priorities that will help American workers develop the necessary skills to meet the demands of a 21st century economy and get good, safe jobs, provide working families access to ...
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May 24, 2017
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Trump's Budget Proposes Merger of EEOC and OFCCP

The  budget proposal just released by the White House envisions a merger of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP),  “creating one agency to combat employment discrimination.” The EEOC, a stand-alone agency, polices American businesses for discrimination at work, while the OFCCP, a division within the Department of Labo...
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May 23, 2017
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MSHA Extends Effective Date on Examinations of Working Places

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced it is extending the effective date of the agency’s final rule on Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines until Oct. 2, 2017. This extension will allow additional time for MSHA to provide training and compliance assistance for its stakeholders. MSHA is developing a variety of compliance assistance materials to assist ...
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May 23, 2017
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Acosta Says Fiduciary Rule Will Take Effect June 9

Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta announced there was no reason to further delay the implementation of his department's fiduciary rule, and thus it will take effect June 9 following its first postponement. "We have carefully considered the record in this case, and the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act, and have found no principled legal basis t...
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May 22, 2017
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Administration Seeks 90-Day Extension on Obamacare Subsidies Hearing

Facing an appeals hearing on an Obamacare lawsuit brought by House Republicans, President Donald Trump’s administration has asked a U.S. Court of Appeals for another 90 days to resolve the legal issue with regard to the so-called cost-sharing reduction payments mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The Department of Justice and House Republicans made the joint req...
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May 20, 2017
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Wal-Mart Settles First-Ever LGBTQ Class Action Lawsuit

Wal-Mart settled the first successful LGBTQ lawsuit ever this past week when it agreed to shell out $7.5 million to lesbian and gay employees whose same-sex spouses were denied benefits between 2011 and 2013, when the retail giant changed its policy. “This class action settlement breaks new ground,” the attorneys for the plaintiffs said in court documents. “This is the first class action broug...
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May 19, 2017
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Attorneys General Hope to Intervene in Obamacare Lawsuit

In an appeal pending before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, the fate of federal subsidies to health insurance companies lay in the balance after a federal judge sided with a lawsuit by Republicans claiming the payments were unconstitutional since the House of Representatives had never appropriated the funds. Now a group of 16 state attorneys general, all Democrats, is seeking to intervene i...
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May 19, 2017
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Labor Secretary Stresses Apprenticeships in an 'Age of Accelerations'

Speaking at the G-20 Labor and Employment Ministers' Meeting today in Bad Neuenahr, Germany,  Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta emphasized his support for fostering the growth of apprenticeships, a major priority for President Trump and the Department of Labor. The secretary's remarks were aimed at reinforcing the White House Office of American Innovation's commitment to increasing the number...
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May 19, 2017
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CMS Issues States ACA Waiver Checklist

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released new information to help states seek waivers from requirements in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The new tool is intended to help states complete waiver applications that allow them to establish high-risk pools/ state-operated reinsurance programs. Section 1332 waivers generally can be used by states to opt out of some mandated pr...
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