Final Rule to Rescind March 2020 Joint Employer Rule
Readout of the President’s Meeting with Legislators on Immigration
Commerce Secretary Spotlights Caregiving Services Challenges
Legislation to End Forced Arbitration in the Workplace Reintroduced
EEOC Voting Transparency Challenged
OSHA-Shipbuilding Alliance Program Announced
Upcoming Congressional Hearing
Both chambers of the U.S. Congress were in session this week. On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved its seven-measure spending package (“minibus”) that includes funding for the following Departments and Agencies: (1) Labor, Health and Human Services and Education; (2) Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration; (3) Energy and Water; (4) Interior and Environment; (5) Military Construction and Veterans Affairs; (6) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development; and (7) Financial Services.
US Federal Labor Viewpoints – Week Of July 26, 2021 - Employment and HR
mondaq.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mondaq.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
When #MeToo and Congress Team Up, Sexual Harassment Victims Lose
iwf.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from iwf.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Friday, July 16, 2021
Dems to Push PRO Act in Massive Legislative Package. Congressional Democrats this week announced that they would unilaterally advance a $3.5 trillion “human infrastructure” package (providing for paid family and medical leave, Medicare expansion, and universal prekindergarten education, among other things) along with a bipartisan “traditional infrastructure” package (addressing roads, bridges, passenger and freight rail, waterways, etc.) in the coming weeks.
Here is what’s happening.
Process matters. First, the infrastructure “deal” is an agreement between Democratic leaders on a top-line budget number, but rank-and-file Democrats in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives will still need to approve it. In the Senate, there is no room for error, as one Democratic defector could scuttle the whole thing. There is more wiggle room in the House, but not much Speaker Nancy Pelosi can afford to lose only three votes. Second, the