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Introducing the Ogletree Deakins Government Relations Blog
Small business owners and medium-sized employers are too busy running their businesses to worry much about Washington, D.C. Many rely simply on the trade press to keep them informed on developments in...
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Proposed Limits on Legal “Advice” During Union Organizing Campaigns—Are New...
What’s At Issue: Proposed U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) revisions to the “advice exemption” under the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) “persuader activity regulations” may soon...
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Are We Headed for the “Fiscal Cliff” of Sequestration?
Like Thelma and Louise in the movie of the same name driving their convertible over the cliff, or even more analogous, like a bunch of lemmings blindly following their leaders over the precipice, as a...
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NLRB Loses Again . . . This Time Perhaps Temporarily
On September 5, 2012, in NLRB v. State of Arizona and Save Our Secret Ballot, Judge Frederick J. Martone of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona rejected the federal preemption challenge...
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The Outcome of the 2012 Elections and What it Means for Employers
The 2012 presidential and congressional elections are finally over, probably much to the relief of an exhausted electorate and the chattering class of political pundits and pollsters who predicted a...
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What is the Future of Workplace Legislation in the New 113th Congress? Part...
With the national elections resulting in a continuation of divided government in Washington, will the new Congress remain mired in the gridlock that has been the hallmark of recent years? What are the...
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What is the Future of Workplace Legislation in the New 113th Congress? Part...
In my prior blog post, I discussed the chances for workplace legislation in the new Congress beginning on January 3, 2013. While I anticipate continued gridlock in Washington, there may be two...
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Where the Action Is: State Labor and Employment Legislation
With divided government in Washington relegating most congressional labor and employment legislation to the dead letter file, state legislation becomes a more viable option for interest groups to press...
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Lean Mean Civil Rights Machine: What to Expect from the EEOC through 2016
In an informative panel for the Ogletree Deakins Washington, D.C. Legislative and Regulatory Conference on February 21, 2013, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Commissioners Chai Feldblum...
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Obama’s NLRB Package of Nominees Unlikely to be Confirmed
On April 9, 2013, President Obama announced his intention to nominate three members to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), renominating current Democratic NLRB Chairman Mark Gaston Pearce, whose...
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OFCCP Establishes New 7 Percent Utilization Goal for Individuals With...
On August 27, 2013 the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published long-anticipated final rules to the affirmative action regulations for individuals...
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Secretary of Labor Perez Addresses 2013 AFL-CIO Quadrennial Convention And...
AFL-CIO RESOLUTION ATTACKS OBAMACARE On September 10, 2013, U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez, to a standing ovation from assembled labor leaders, addressed the AFL-CIO’s 27th quadrennial...
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New OFCCP Regulations Published—Effective Date Currently March 24, 2014
Earlier today, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published its revisions to the current disability and veterans regulations in the Federal Register. These controversial rules...
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The Government Shutdown: Will It Shut Down Your Company?
Today marks the first partial federal government shutdown in 17 years (the last shutdown, which occurred during the Clinton administration lasted 21 days). The shutdown started last night when the...
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Senate Confirms Griffin to be National Labor Relations Board General Counsel
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Obama’s nomination of Richard F. Griffin, Jr. to serve as general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The vote was 55-to-44 and fell...
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A Review of Labor and Employment Policy in 2013: What’s Next in 2014?
As 2013 comes to a close, it’s time to assess what happened and what didn’t happen in Washington, D.C. during the year in terms of labor and employment law legislation, regulations, and litigation. The...
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Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in the Noel Canning “Recess Appointments” Case
This morning, the Supreme Court of the United States heard 90 minutes of oral argument in a landmark case regarding the constitutionality of President Obama’s January 4, 2012 “recess appointments” to...
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More Minimum Wage Increases as the Income Equality Debate Heats Up
Our recent blog post on several state minimum wage increases noted that 13 states raised their minimum wages as of January 1, 2014 and that California’s minimum wage is set to increase to $9.00 per...
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Is an “Ambush” The Best Way for Unions to Win Representation Elections?
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics recently published the latest official statistics on union membership for 2013. The figures demonstrate just how far unions must grow in order...
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President Signs Executive Order on Minimum Wage Increase
On Wednesday, February 12, President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 for federal contract workers. The president issued the Executive Order, in part, based...
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