Streamlined Federal Hiring Process | Release Number: 10-1543-NAT |
11/15/2010
The U.S. Department of Labor has joined representatives from across the federal government to mark the progress made over the past six months in streamlining the hiring process to modernize the federal workforce. More...
Extension of 24-Hour LWOP Family Support Policy to Same-Sex Domestic Partners of Federal Employees | CPM 2010-16 |
9/10/2010
The office of Personnel Management (“OPM”) has issued a memorandum to implement section 1(a)(vi) of President Obama’s earlier memorandum to specify that the 24 hours of leave without pay (LWOP) for (i) school and early childhood educational activities; (ii) routine family medical purposes; and (iii) elderly relatives’ health or care needs may be used to meet the needs of an employee’s same-sex domestic partner or the partner’s children. More...
Recommendations for a New Rock Dusting Standard to Prevent Coal Dust Explosions in Intake Airways | Release Number 10-1329-NAT |
9/21/2010
The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) has announced that on Sept. 23 the Federal Register published an emergency temporary standard that revises the existing federal standard on maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust. More...
Eliason & Knuth of Arizona, Inc., Northwest Medical Center, and RA Tempe Corporation | Case Nos. 28-CC-955; 28-CC-956; 28-CC-957 |
9/2/2010
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has ruled that a union practice of displaying large stationary banners at a secondary employer’s business is not coercive, and so does not violate U.S. labor law. More...
Employee Contributions Initiative | Release Number 10-1614-NAT |
11/16/2010
The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration has announced a series of enforcement actions to protect more than $7 million for workers in retirement plans or health plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. More...
Proposed Rule on Wage Calculations for H-2B Program | Release Number: 10-1365-NAT |
10/4/2010
The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (“ETA”) has issued a proposed rule that seeks to improve the H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker program and better protect American workers. More...
Compliance Directive for Fall Protection in Residential Construction | 29 CFR Part 1926 |
12/22/2010
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced a new directive withdrawing a former one that allowed residential builders to bypass fall protection requirements. More...
Proposed Rule on Examinations of Work Areas in Underground Coal Mines for Violations of Mandatory Health or Safety Standards | No. 10-1779-NAT |
12/23/2010
The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration has announced a proposal to revise its requirements for pre-shift, supplemental, on-shift and weekly examinations. More...
Revising Standards Referenced in the Acetylene Standard | 20 CFR Part 1910, Docket No. OSHA-2008-0034, RIN 1218-AC08 |
10/20/2010
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has revised its acetylene standard.
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Effective Section 10(j) Remedies for Unlawful Discharges in Organizing Campaigns | Memorandum GC 10-07 |
9/30/2010
Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has announced an initiative to strengthen and streamline the Agency’s response to charges filed when employees are fired in the midst of a union organizing campaign. More...