As aghast as the aforementioned Representative Bobby Scott claimed to be over the reversal of the joint employer and other rulings by the NLRB, it appears he was much pleased with Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta and his extension of the public comment period on a potential tip pooling rule change. You will recall that…
The term of National Labor Relations Board Chairman Philip Miscimarra ended at midnight last Saturday in a blaze of glory as the new NLRB republican majority overturned several egregious Obama-era decisions, the last of which was the 2011 Specialty Healthcare ruling. Under Specialty Healthcare, workers under certain circumstances were allowed to form bargaining units representing…
They weren’t completely struck down by the court – but in some ways they might as well have been. In a decision this week by the District Court for the District of Columbia, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was ordered to reconsider its current voluntary wellness program regulations which allow employers to offer incentive of…
It is a rare opportunity indeed when businessmen and women are legitimately asked to comment on the impact that government regulations has on their business, but that opportunity exists now thanks to Governor Charlie Baker and his Regulation Review initiative. Baker, who just completed his first year in office as the state’s CEO, ordered the…