Sean Higgins

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Supreme Court slaps down Labor Dept. on overtime exemption

Sean Higgins · June 20, 2016 10:24 pm

Lafe Solomon, the acting general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, testifies during a U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform field hearing on an NLRB complaint against Boeing Co. on Friday, June 17, 2011, in North Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)

Supreme Court to review appointment of NLRB top lawyer

Sean Higgins · June 20, 2016 4:49 pm

The Malta-flagged cargo ship named Baroque, a post-Panamax vessel, navigates the Agua Clara locks during the first test of the newly expanded Panama Canal in Agua Clara, Panama, on June 9. (AP Photo)

How the Panama Canal could factor into the 2016 campaign

Sean Higgins · June 20, 2016 4:01 am

Massive underfunding could lead to bankruptcy for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. (AP Photo/Bradley C Bower, File)

Federal report warns of looming pension insolvency

Sean Higgins · June 17, 2016 9:28 pm

Microsoft said that the government's recent expansion of the "joint employer standard" — when one businesses is equally liable for a related business' workplace violations — would create a legal minefield for corporate social responsibility programs. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg, File)

Microsoft joins in fight against NLRB’s ‘joint employer’ standard

Sean Higgins · June 16, 2016 5:09 pm

"Hillary Clinton is a proven leader who shares our values," said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

AFL-CIO endorses Clinton

Sean Higgins · June 16, 2016 3:34 pm

Labor Department Secretary Tom Perez has sought to reinterpret old rules to expand its reach, an approach that allows it to bypass Congress. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

The Labor Department’s crusade against volunteering

Sean Higgins · June 13, 2016 4:01 am

Dilbert creator: Trump ‘bitch-slapped Fox News’

Sean Higgins · June 11, 2016 4:01 am

Appeals court rules labor board did not exceed its authority or violate workers' privacy. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Court hands feds win on union ‘speedy election’ rule

Sean Higgins · June 10, 2016 9:55 pm

House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline, R-Minn., said the Obama administration had blown an opportunity to create a common-sense, bipartisan solution. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Lawmakers spar over new overtime rule

Sean Higgins · June 9, 2016 9:06 pm

Fight for $15, a labor-funded activist group, declared it a huge victory and "the latest in a long string of wins from Seattle to New York to California." (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

D.C. Council approves $15 minimum wage

Sean Higgins · June 7, 2016 9:59 pm

Lawmakers say President Obama's new rules will force colleges to raise tuition. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate GOP moves to counter overtime rule

Sean Higgins · June 7, 2016 5:40 pm