On June 26, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court partially lifted the injunction and agreed to hear arguments on President Trump’s March Executive Order entitled Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is reconsidering portions of a final rule setting standards for occupational exposure to beryllium.
On June 22, 2017, Senate Republicans released a draft of their legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. The Senate health care bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017, would be offered as a substitute to the House-passed bill.
The day after senators introduced bipartisan legislation to promote apprenticeships, President Trump signed an executive order to achieve the same end.
The Rhode Island Superior Court recently ruled an employer is prohibited from refusing to hire an applicant because she would potentially fail a pre-employment drug test due to her use of medical marijuana.
From the workplace policy perspective, much of the focus of the first 100 days of the Trump administration was on confirming a new Labor Secretary and reversing the Obama administration’s labor and employment agenda. What will the next 100 days bring?
United States Department of Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta recently announced that the final DOL fiduciary regulations will go into effect on June 9, 2017.
The American Enterprise Institute (AEI)-Brookings Working Group on Paid Family Leave has issued a new report analyzing the costs and benefits of implementing a national paid leave program, and laying out a compromise proposal for lawmakers to consider.
