FY 2023 Biden Budget Proposes Big Funding Increases for Workplace Regulators
Last week, President Biden submitted the Administration’s annual budget request to Congress containing recommendations for funding the federal government in
House-Approved Bill Would Ban Use of Employment-Related Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreements
As expected, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have once again approved one of their long-sought legislative priorities, a
Long-Delayed FY 2022 Government Spending Deal Gives Modest Increases to EEOC, OFCCP
Nearly six months into the federal government’s 2022 fiscal year (October 1, 2021 – September 30, 2022), Congress and the
President Biden Nominates D.C. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court
President Biden has nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to fill the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy that will be created upon
Congress Approves New Law Banning Mandatory Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Claims
As we predicted a few weeks ago, there was a good chance that sometime within the near future the U.S.
Short Term Government Funding Bill Means Agency Staffing-Up Plans Further Delayed
Despite the Biden Administration’s calls for substantially increased funding in fiscal year 2022 (FY 2022) for the various federal workplace
Senate Committee Advances Bill To Extend FCA Anti-Retaliation Protection to Former Employees
As we reported earlier this year, there is a split among the federal courts as to whether the whistleblower provisions
House Approves ADEA Amendment Expanding Job Applicant Protection
In response to several federal court rulings holding that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) does not allow job
Anti-Arbitration Bills Are on the Move in Congress
Without much fanfare, there has been a good deal of action within Congress recently to advance legislation designed to eliminate,
Infrastructure/Reconciliation Legislation Update
The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed the $1 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684), one