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November 4, 2009

NMB Election Rule Change Process Accelerates with Announcement of December 7 Meeting and Withdrawal of IAM and AFA Applications

On the heels of its Tuesday announcement of a proposal to accommodate organized labor’s wishes by radically

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November 4, 2009

Staffing Companies Face Potential Exposure For Interview Time

If this decision is upheld and/or adopted by state courts in California or elsewhere, staffing companies

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November 3, 2009

Newly Enacted Measure Ends "Widow Penalty" for Immigrant Spouses

On October 28, 2009, President Obama signed into law the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations

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November 3, 2009

Healthcare Overhaul Bills Vary in their Impact on the Number of Individuals Obtaining Employer-Provided Coverage, Employer Penalties

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) have issued a preliminary

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November 3, 2009

Roxana Bacon Named USCIS Chief Counsel

On October 21, 2009, Roxana Bacon became Chief Counsel for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

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November 3, 2009

NMB Majority Pushes Proposed Rule to Change its Representation Election Policy

On Tuesday, the National Mediation Board (NMB) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule (pdf)

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November 3, 2009

USCIS Ombudsman Makes Recommendations Regarding H-1B Filings Stalled by Wrongly Denied Labor Conditions Applications

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Ombudsman has discovered (pdf) that iCert, the

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November 2, 2009

OSHA Releases Preliminary Top Ten Safety Violations for 2009

In a presentation before the National Safety Council’s (NSC) annual Congress & Expo last week, the

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November 2, 2009

Obama Signs Homeland Security Appropriations Bill Extending E-Verify

On October 28 President Obama signed into law the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill

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November 2, 2009

Supreme Court Will Decide Legitimacy of Decisions Issued by Two-Member NLRB

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has the

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