Congress

House Democrats Achieve Another Domestic Priority With Passage of Bill To Create Citizenship Path for So-Called “Dreamers”

By a largely partisan vote with Democrats in the majority, the U.S. House of Representatives recently approved legislation that would

By |2019-06-30T11:41:24-05:006/30/2019|Categories: Immigration|Tags: , |Comments Off on House Democrats Achieve Another Domestic Priority With Passage of Bill To Create Citizenship Path for So-Called “Dreamers”

House Sends “Equality Act” Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity to Senate, But Further Action Considered Unlikely

As expected, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed and sent to the U.S. Senate one of the Democratic majority’s

By |2019-06-10T08:46:55-05:006/10/2019|Categories: Discrimination and Harassment|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on House Sends “Equality Act” Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity to Senate, But Further Action Considered Unlikely

Congress Quietly Moving Federal Contractor “Ban-the-Box” Legislation, as New Mexico Joins Growing Number of States With Ban-the-Box Laws

Legislation that would prohibit federal contractors from asking about or considering applicant criminal history information before the last stages of

By |2019-04-21T23:41:56-05:004/21/2019|Categories: Background Checks, Discrimination and Harassment|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Congress Quietly Moving Federal Contractor “Ban-the-Box” Legislation, as New Mexico Joins Growing Number of States With Ban-the-Box Laws

As Expected, House Passes “Paycheck Fairness Act” on Party-Line Vote; Republicans Introduce Alternative Bill

As expected, the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives has passed an amended version of the so-called Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 7),

By |2019-04-14T21:41:02-05:004/14/2019|Categories: Compensation, Discrimination and Harassment|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on As Expected, House Passes “Paycheck Fairness Act” on Party-Line Vote; Republicans Introduce Alternative Bill

House Labor Committee Approves “Paycheck Fairness Act” on Party-Line Vote; House Passage Likely, But Senate Outlook Is Murky

As expected, the new Democratic-controlled House of Representatives has taken the first steps to advance workplace legislation that had been

By |2020-09-21T13:54:30-05:003/10/2019|Categories: Discrimination and Harassment|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on House Labor Committee Approves “Paycheck Fairness Act” on Party-Line Vote; House Passage Likely, But Senate Outlook Is Murky

House and Senate Finally Come to Agreement on Measure To Strengthen Anti-Harassment Protection for Congressional Employees

Back in February of this year, after sexual harassment charges were leveled against several prominent Members of Congress, the U.S.

By |2020-09-21T13:54:31-05:0012/30/2018|Categories: Discrimination and Harassment|Tags: , |Comments Off on House and Senate Finally Come to Agreement on Measure To Strengthen Anti-Harassment Protection for Congressional Employees

Workplace Issues Likely To Be Among Priorities of New Democratic House Majority in Next Congress

With the November elections now behind us, starting next year we will have a Republican President and a split U.S.

By |2018-12-02T23:13:10-05:0012/2/2018|Categories: Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves, Discrimination and Harassment, Labor Relations, Wage and Hour|Tags: |Comments Off on Workplace Issues Likely To Be Among Priorities of New Democratic House Majority in Next Congress

President Trump Signs Bill Funding Labor Department Through Next September, Sparing OFCCP and NLRB Major Budget Cuts; EEOC Currently Funded Only Until This December

President Trump has signed into law legislation (H.R. 6157) providing funding for the Department of Labor (DOL) and related agencies,

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