The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has vacated and set aside the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)’s final overtime regulation. This rule would have increased the salary threshold for the so-called […] Read More
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has vacated and set aside the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)’s final overtime regulation. This rule would have increased the salary threshold for the so-called […] Read More
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled it is illegal for organizations to require their employees to attend so-called “captive audience” meetings at which an employer expresses its views about labor union participation. Specifically, […] Read More
Unionized dockworkers and U.S. port operators restarted labor negotiations last week in an effort to reach a new contract before the current one expires in January 2025. The talks quickly broke down, however, after just […] Read More
What happens abroad impacts MSCI members in North America. Here is the latest economic, trade, and other policy news of note for the last week: Canadian Labor Minister Steven MacKinnon has intervened to end strikes […] Read More
On Sept. 25, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) reintroduced S. 5208, the bipartisan Warehouse Worker Protection Act (WWPA), a bill that would amend various labor and employment laws and establish new […] Read More