Several federal agencies have joined forces to release a joint Fact Sheet highlighting the various anti-retaliation provisions of the workplace laws these agencies enforce. “Retaliation Based on the Exercise of Workplace Rights is Unlawful” is a collaborative effort of the National Labor Relations Board, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department
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Puzder Chosen to Head DOL: Many Changes Expected
By Philip B. Rosen & Howard M. Bloom on
President-elect Donald Trump has announced his intention to nominate Andrew Puzder, Chief Executive Officer of CKE Holdings, the parent company of Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s, to head the U.S. Department of Labor.
Puzder has criticized state and local minimum wage increases, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and government overregulation, among other things.
If Puzder is…
NLRB and Department of Labor: One Hand Washes the Other to Promote Cross-Filed Complaints
By Philip B. Rosen & Howard M. Bloom on
Our colleagues at Jackson Lewis’ OSHA Law Blog recently reported that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the Department of Labor (DOL) and the NLRB had entered into an agreement whereby OSHA would notify complainants who file untimely OSHA retaliation charges of their right to file an unfair labor practice charge with the NLRB. …
OSHA and NLRB Update Referral Agreement
OSHA and the NLRB have announced implementation of a joint referral agreement to redirect to the Labor Board OSHA complainants whose claims of discrimination under the OSH Act are time barred, but may form the basis of timely unfair labor practice charges under the NLRA. The accord was disclosed by NLRB Associate General Counsel Purcell…
OSHA Invites Union and Community Organizers into Non-Union Worksites
By Howard M. Bloom on
Posted in Unions and Organizing
Organized labor may be very pleased with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration these days because of a recent Agency interpretation that a non-union employee may select a non-employee who is “affiliated with a union” or with a “community organization” to act as his representative during an OSHA inspection of his employer’s worksite. The interpretation…