Questions Regarding Proposed Rule Narrowing "Advice" Exemption Dominate OLMS Web Chat

During a web chat run by the Office of Labor Management Standards (OLMS) to discuss the agency’s regulatory agenda, OLMS Director John Lund fielded several questions – but provided few concrete answers – regarding the OLMS’s proposal to narrow the scope of the “advice” exemption under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA). This proposal would also expand what constitutes reportable “persuader activities” under the LMRDA, and subject employers and their advisors – including their attorneys – to new reporting requirements. Currently, employers are required to report information regarding persuader agreements with consultants on the Form LM-10, while consultants are required to report related information on the Form LM-20. Narrowing the “advice” exemption and expanding the definition of “persuader activities” would necessarily expand the reporting required on these forms.  Continue reading this entry at Littler's Labor Relations Counsel.

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