Tag: Labor

The Employee Rights Act would apply the same common-sense solution that citizens use to elect their political leaders. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Employee Rights Act will let GOP make the case for workers’ rights

Washington Examiner · June 11, 2017 4:01 am

Trump will roll out administrative actions meant to encourage apprenticeships and promote career paths that do not involve traditional four-year colleges. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

After botched ‘infrastructure week,’ Trump tries for ‘workforce development week’

Joseph Lawler · June 10, 2017 6:00 pm

Rep. Kathleen Rice, D-N.Y., called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign over the Justice Department's position on whether President Trump is in violation of the emoluments clause. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman, File)

Rep. Kathleen Rice calls on Jeff Sessions to resign

Anna Giaritelli · June 10, 2017 2:36 am

House committee to hold hearing on bills that would change the rules for workplace organizing elections, setting higher bars for unions to win. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House GOP pushes labor reform

Sean Higgins · June 9, 2017 9:05 pm

The UK's Conservative Party lost its majority in the House of Commons in Thursday's election. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Theresa May to seek coalition government with Unionist Party: Update

Pete Kasperowicz · June 9, 2017 11:22 am

Trump administration has reversed course on changes Obama made to overtime, business liability, contracting and worker exposure to harmful materials. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Trump is dismantling Obama’s workplace law legacy

Sean Higgins · June 9, 2017 4:01 am

Rep. Phil Roe, a member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, said the Labor Department's fiduciary rule "would make it harder for low- and middle-income families to save for retirement." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Republicans move to undo Obama financial advisers rule

Joseph Lawler · June 8, 2017 5:24 pm

Private sector forecasters had expected new jobless claims to fall to 241,000. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Unemployment benefits running at lowest levels in 43 years

Joseph Lawler · June 8, 2017 12:31 pm

Garland wrote the opinion of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in a labor dispute in which the American Baptist Homes of the West, under the name Piedmont Gardens, was the subject of an unfair labor practice proceeding. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Merrick Garland writes first opinion since end of Supreme Court nomination

Ryan Lovelace · June 7, 2017 4:54 pm

Companies, particularly ones that engage in franchising, feared that under the joint employer doctrine, they could be held liable for all manner of violations at workplaces they didn't directly oversee.

Labor Department rescinds expanded ‘joint employer’ rule

Sean Higgins · June 7, 2017 3:29 pm

Lauren McGarity McFerran was approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Tuesday to be the newest member of the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency that enforces labor law. (AP Photo)

Republicans seek to rein in NLRB

Sean Higgins · June 6, 2017 11:06 pm

The legislation, dubbed the 'Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act,' would make it easier to fire employees, including executives. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Senate passes VA reform bill

Sean Higgins · June 6, 2017 9:54 pm