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You asked for it, Kathy Griffin.

By Robin Shea on 11.3.23
Posted in Civil Procedure, Social media

Ex-CEO's lawsuit against the comedian/activist will proceed.

Will Bernie Sanders be our next Secretary of Labor?

By Robin Shea on 11.13.20
Posted in Discrimination, Labor Relations, Politics, Safety, Wage-Hour

The times, they are a-changin'.

Ho. Ly. Cow.

By Robin Shea on 10.2.20
Posted in Coronavirus, Politics

The President and First Lady test positive for COVID-19.

Memorial Day employment law quiz!

By Robin Shea on 5.24.19
Posted in Affirmative Action, Americans with Disabilities Act, Discrimination, Family and Medical Leave Act, FLSA, FMLA, Military, Quiz, Wage-Hour, Women

How's your employment law history knowledge?

I have an excuse to write about Stormy Daniels and Donald Trump.

By Robin Shea on 2.16.18
Posted in Settlements

Life is good.

Trumpdate: Proposed budget shows "yuuuge" changes afoot in labor and employment arena

By Robin Shea on 5.24.17
Posted in Affirmative Action, Benefits, Discrimination, Equal Pay, HR, Immigration, Labor Relations, Politics, Pregnancy, Safety, Unemployment, Wage-Hour

Donald Trump caricature.flickrCC.DonkeyHotey — "Yuuuge, I tell ya, yuuuge!"

Yesterday, the Trump Administration released its proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2018, which runs from October 1, 2017, through September 30, 2018. Here are the highlights related to labor and employment law, and there are a BUNCH. The following is a compilation of a number of articles published in yesterday's edition of Bloomberg BNA's Daily Labor ...

Proposed merger of EEOC, OFCCP faces opposition from both sides

By Robin Shea on 5.19.17
Posted in Affirmative Action, Discrimination, Elections, Politics

Last week, I wrote about a report in Bloomberg BNA that the Trump Administration was thinking about letting the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission "absorb" the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. The idea had some appeal for me because both agencies enforce variants on federal prohibitions against discrimination. But I admitted that I hadn't thought it ...

Trumpdate: NLRB finalists, EEOC to swallow up OFCCP?

By Robin Shea on 5.11.17
Posted in Affirmative Action, Elections, Labor Relations, Politics

NLRB candidates being vetted. Bloomberg BNA reported last night that President Trump has settled on two candidates to fill the two vacant seats on the National Labor Relations Board. One is William Emanuel, a shareholder in the Los Angeles Office of the management-side law firm Littler Mendelsohn. Here is a link to his firm bio. The other is Marvin Kaplan, counsel to a Commissioner ...

Trump names Miscimarra Chairman of the NLRB (no more of this "Acting" stuff!)

By Robin Shea on 4.24.17
Posted in Elections, Labor Relations, Politics

According to Politico's "Morning Shift," President Trump on Friday night promoted Philip Miscimarra from Acting Chairman to plain old Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board. Congratulations, Chairman!

As of this morning, the NLRB website is still listing him as Acting Chairman.

There are still two vacant seats on the five-member Board, which the ...

Trumpdate: Labor nominee Acosta gets through HELP Committee, Dems support Gorsuch

By Robin Shea on 3.31.17
Posted in Politics

Two big developments of interest to employers:

The Senate Heath, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee approved the nomination of Alex Acosta, President Trump's nominee for Secretary of Labor, in a 12-11 straight party-line vote. This means that Mr. Acosta's nomination will be voted on by the full Senate. According to The Washington Post, no date has yet been set for the Senate vote.

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