The workplace is undeniably shaped and evolved through federal regulations and the agencies who promulgate those regulations. With the Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn the Chevron doctrine, the Court’s ruling in the Jarkesy decision, and the anticipated return of the Trump administration in January 2025, businesses face an extraordinary dynamic regulatory landscape with an ongoing impact on employers.
Articles Discussing Government Agencies That Oversee The Workplace.
Beltway Buzz, November 22, 2024
The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business.
Beltway Buzz, November 15, 2024
The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business.
Beltway Buzz, November 8, 2024
The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business.
Beltway Buzz, October 25, 2024
The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business.
Beltway Buzz, October 18, 2024
The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business.
Beltway Buzz, October 11, 2024
The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business.
FTC Withdraws from MOU on Interagency Cooperation in Labor Review of M&A Deals
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced it will withdraw from the Memorandum of Understanding on Labor Issues in Merger Investigations one month after it entered into the MOU with three other agencies. The Aug. 28, 2024, MOU outlined cooperation in investigating the possible effects that mergers and acquisitions deals may have on labor markets.
Beltway Buzz, October 4, 2024
The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business.
Beltway Buzz, September 27, 2024
The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business.
DOD Imposes New Requirements for Employers Participating in SkillBridge Military Internship Program
To support personnel transitioning from the military to the civilian workforce, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) in 2011 instituted the SkillBridge internship program, which provides service members with valuable civilian work experience through unpaid internships during their last 180 days of service, while the military continues to pay their
Beltway Buzz, September 20, 2024
The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business.
What the Final Mental Health Parity Rules Mean for Employers
The wait is over, and now the work begins for health plan sponsors. Much-anticipated final rules implementing the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) were recently released by the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury and
Beltway Buzz, September 13, 2024
The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business.
DOJ, FTC, DOL, NLRB Memorandum of Understanding Continues Focus on M&A Deals’ Labor Consequences
On Aug. 28, 2024, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Department of Labor (DOL), and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Labor Issues in Merger Investigations that will boost the antitrust agencies’ ability to investigate the possible effects of mergers and acquisitions on labor markets. This is the fifth memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the topic since March 2022. Companies undergoing, or contemplating, mergers or acquisitions should take note that the agencies continue to signal a focus on labor impact.