Trump appointees poised to roll back Obama-era pro-union regulations

Published December 24, 2019 5:00am ET



The Labor Department and Trump administration appointees at the National Labor Relations Board, the main federal labor law enforcement agency, are expected to wrap up new rule-makings in the coming weeks that will undo pro-union efforts of the Obama administration.

The DOL and NLRB are expected to issue rules that limit corporate “joint employer” legal liability in workplace violations. The NLRB is also expected to limit union access to workplaces. The DOL is poised to roll back the Obama administration’s fiduciary rule making investment advisers more legally liable.

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