With yesterday’s passage of the Omnibus Funding Bill by the U.S. Senate, expanded worker protections and more funding for anti-business regulatory agencies is that much closer to reality. By a vote of 69 – 29, the Senate passed the $1.7 trillion legislation and sent it to the U.S House for their consideration – and likely…
Read More »The so-called EAGLE Act (Equal Access to Green cards for Legal Employment Act), a bi-partisan proposal that would ease green card access for legal immigrants seeking higher-skilled employment, was being readied for a vote this week in the US House of Representatives. The legislation (HR 3648). sponsored by Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and John Curtis…
Read More »With the US House of Representatives passing the so-called Speak Out Act two weeks ago, the measure was presented to the White House yesterday for President Biden’s signature. He is expected to sign the measure. The bipartisan bill, S.4524, passed by the Senate in September, makes pre-dispute non-disclosure agreements unenforceable. Once signed by the President,…
Read More »Small business can expect to see one of its worst nightmares come to fruition in Los Angeles as the City Council early this week gave unanimous final approval to the so-called Fair Work Week ordinance by a vote of 10-0. “Fair Work Week LA”, first introduced in 2019 and taking effect on April 1, 2023,…
Read More »At long last, it appears the final votes have all been counted and notwithstanding many predictions of a major ‘red wave’ coming in the 2022 midterms, the results were anything but. Despite the history of midterm elections always costing the party occupying the White House, democrats held on to the majority in the Senate and…
Read More »Save Local Restaurants, a coalition consisting of the International Franchise Association (IFA) along with the National Restaurant Association (NRA) and the U.S Chamber of Commerce is rapidly approaching a critical deadline for its ballot initiative to repeal the so-called FAST Act (Fast-food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act). After the FAST Act was signed into law…
Read More »Some state ballots also had questions relating compensation and tax policy looming. In that regard, voters were apparently feeling generous. Initiative 433 on the Nebraska ballot was approved and provides for a $15 per hour minimum wage to be phased in over the next three years. The measure passed easily with 62% of voters in…
Read More »In a similar pro-union stance, democratic lawmakers in both the US House and Senate have reintroduced the National Right to Unionize Act (NRUA) in Washington DC. The NRUA takes direct aim at the right-to-work laws that have been adopted by 27 states across the country. Right to work laws protect worker freedoms by prohibiting compulsory…
Read More »As we suggested last week, California Governor Gavin Newsom wasted no time in signing into law the FAST Act (the Fast-Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act). After languishing in the state senate for the better part of the legislative session, the bill moved at breakneck speed over the last days of the session, passing with…
Read More »In the wake of the Fast Act being signed into law (see above), a coalition of restaurant industry groups (Protect Neighborhood Restaurants) has filed the requisite paperwork to place a question on the 2024 California ballot asking voters to repeal the FAST Act. The National Restaurant Association (NRA) and the International Franchise Association (IFA) seem…
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