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Obama’s Labor Legacy: Overreach and Overregulation

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Obama’s Labor Legacy: Overreach and Overregulation

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 01/19/2017

In the past eight years, the Department of Labor has consistently pushed the boundaries of its authority. The agency’s overreach greatly restricted how people work,…

Labor and Employment

‘Corporate Campaign’ Deployed against Labor Secretary Nominee Puzder

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‘Corporate Campaign’ Deployed against Labor Secretary Nominee Puzder

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 01/18/2017

Democrats, labor unions, and their allies have deployed a coordinated attack against President-elect Donald Trump’s Secretary of Labor nominee, Andrew Puzder.

Labor and Employment

Union Front Groups Deploy Dishonest Tactics against Nominee Puzder

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Union Front Groups Deploy Dishonest Tactics against Nominee Puzder

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 01/17/2017

Pro-union activist groups are pulling out all the stops to derail the nomination of Andrew Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants, to head the Department of…

Labor and Employment

A Federal Gift Clause Could Help ‘Drain the Swamp’

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A Federal Gift Clause Could Help ‘Drain the Swamp’

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 01/11/2017

If President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are serious about coming through on the campaign promise to “drain the swamp,” it would serve them…

Business and Government

Worker Freedom Coming in the New Year

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Worker Freedom Coming in the New Year

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 12/29/2016

Major labor reform is on the horizon in 2017. The forecast: worker freedom may be coming to a state near you.  …

Labor and Employment Reforms for the Next Congress

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Labor and Employment Reforms for the Next Congress

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 12/14/2016

In the arena of labor and employment policy, the next Congress has its hands full in reversing eight years of red-tape that unduly burdens the…

Government Unions

Court Strikes Down Another Unlawful Labor Rule

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Court Strikes Down Another Unlawful Labor Rule

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 12/13/2016

On December 12, 2016, the federal Northern District Court of Texas put the final nail in the coffin of the Department of Labor’s misguided persuader…

Labor and Employment

Obama Overtime Rule Would Have Wreaked Havoc Starting Today

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Obama Overtime Rule Would Have Wreaked Havoc Starting Today

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 12/01/2016

Today, the Obama Department of Labor’s new overtime regulation was scheduled to go into effect. Thousands of businesses, universities, nonprofits, and local and state governments…

Labor and Employment

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Court Blocks Overtime Rule

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 11/23/2016

Labor Secretary Thomas Perez learned a harsh lesson this month. Public servants at federal agencies cannot allow their political preferences to guide their regulatory agenda.

Labor and Employment

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Courts Reject Department of Labor Decrees

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 11/17/2016

It has been a pretty tough month for the Department of Labor (DOL), and it may soon get worse. In the span of a couple…

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Report: Nationwide Grading of Government Union Laws

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 11/15/2016

At the federal level, the two primary labor and employment statutes—National Labor Relations Act and Fair Labor Standards Act, have remained relatively untouched for decades.

Government Unions

Worker Freedom Wins Big on Election Night

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Worker Freedom Wins Big on Election Night

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 11/09/2016

As I wrote over the summer, with the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, many feared that right-to-work laws “now in effect in…

Permitting Government Employee Strikes is Bad Policy

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Permitting Government Employee Strikes is Bad Policy

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 11/03/2016

On Tuesday, the Transportation Workers Union Local 234 (TWU) union bosses ordered nearly 5,000 public employees who work for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)…

Government Unions

Congress: Do the Economy a Favor, Defund Harmful Labor Regulations

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Congress: Do the Economy a Favor, Defund Harmful Labor Regulations

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 10/27/2016

Research from the National Association of Manufacturers estimates that the aggregate costs of labor regulations imposed just this year by the Obama administration’s Department of…

Government Unions

Communications Union Holds Sham Trial against Verizon Workers

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Communications Union Holds Sham Trial against Verizon Workers

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 10/19/2016

In April, the Communication Workers of America (CWA) union ordered 36,000 Verizon employees to strike. Despite the fact that Verizon offered a fair deal in…

Labor and Employment

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Proposed Labor Law Overhaul Would Decrease Worker Choice, Increase Union Power

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 10/12/2016

The Center for American Progress (CAP) released a report that calls for an overhaul of U.S. labor law. It cites increasing income inequality and dwindling…

Labor and Employment

House Considers Bill Delaying Department of Labor’s Overtime Rule

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House Considers Bill Delaying Department of Labor’s Overtime Rule

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 09/27/2016

Today, the House Rules Committee will consider Representative Tim Walberg’s bill to delay implementation of the Department of Labor’s overtime rule.

Labor and Employment

How the Next President Can Improve Labor and Employment Policy

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How the Next President Can Improve Labor and Employment Policy

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 09/21/2016

With the presidential election heading into the first debate, what can the next president do to improve national labor and employment policy?…

Government Unions

Arizona Supreme Court Rules Taxpayers Should Be Forced to Subsidize Government Unions

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Arizona Supreme Court Rules Taxpayers Should Be Forced to Subsidize Government Unions

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 09/14/2016

Yesterday, the Arizona Supreme Court determined that there is no better way to spend tax dollars than to give them to government unions so that…

Government Unions

Michigan State Legislator Introduces Worker’s Choice Bill

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Michigan State Legislator Introduces Worker’s Choice Bill

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 09/08/2016

Yesterday, a state representative from Michigan introduced novel legislation that would provide public-sector workers’ choice.

Labor and Employment

Texas Constitution Bans Taxpayer Subsidies to Private Parties

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Texas Constitution Bans Taxpayer Subsidies to Private Parties

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 09/07/2016

It may seem obvious, but tax dollars are supposed to be used for purely public purposes, not the private benefit of an individual, corporation, or…

Government Unions

Labor Day Highlights Need for Labor Law Reform

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Labor Day Highlights Need for Labor Law Reform

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 09/02/2016

Labor Day is a time when we show respect and celebrate the achievements of American workers. However, a better way to respect workers this Labor…

Labor and Employment

Problems Ahead for Grad Student Unionizing

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Problems Ahead for Grad Student Unionizing

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/24/2016

There seems to be an Obama administration wide dictate to ensure as many individuals as possible are to be considered employees. The reason for this…

Labor and Employment

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NLRB’s New Joint Employer Standard Strikes Again

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/18/2016

Just about one year ago, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) dramatically changed the rules on how companies are allowed to contract with other businesses…

Labor and Employment

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Government Wage Mandates Bad for Business and Workers

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/18/2016

Wage and hour mandates have seen an uptick of late at the federal, state, and local level.

Labor and Employment

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Learn Your Workplace Rights with National Employee Freedom Week

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/17/2016

The supposedly non-partisan NLRB is woefully inadequate in educating workers on their rights related to opting out of paying full-fledged union dues.

Labor and Employment

West Virginia Court Blocks “Right-to-Work” Law, Restricts Worker Choice

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West Virginia Court Blocks “Right-to-Work” Law, Restricts Worker Choice

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/12/2016

Workers in the state to have most recently enacted right to work, West Virginia, have lost their freedom to choose whether or not to financially…

Labor and Employment

Joint Employer Liability Stifles Small Business

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Joint Employer Liability Stifles Small Business

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/08/2016

In Hillary Clinton’s nomination acceptance speech at the DNC convention, she said “Way too many dreams die in the parking lots of banks.” Obtaining financing…

Labor and Employment

Cooperative Agreement on Wage and Hour Rules Could Backfire on Employers

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Cooperative Agreement on Wage and Hour Rules Could Backfire on Employers

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/04/2016

As I discussed earlier this week, Subway came to terms with the Department of Labor (DOL) in what is being considered a cooperative agreement. Its…

Labor and Employment

Corporate Social Responsibility Policies May Suffer under “Joint Employer” Standard

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Corporate Social Responsibility Policies May Suffer under “Joint Employer” Standard

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/03/2016

Companies adopting Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policies has been in vogue for a while now. According to the Financial Times, in 2014, U.S. and UK…

Labor and Employment

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