By Eric Katz, Government Executive
A bill to require more transparency in the practice of “official time” — when public sector union officials receive taxpayer funded salaries and work in government offices — cleared a House oversight committee Wednesday.
Southern Maryland News Net
A vote is scheduled in the House this week on Rep. Lee Terry’s (R-NE) bill (H.R. 3), which clears the roadblocks delaying Keystone XL — and more and more labor unions are coming out in full support of it.
By Kevin Bogardus, The Hill
Labor unions are breaking with President Obama on ObamaCare.
Washington Business Journal
A bipartisan bill would prohibit members of the Senior Executive Service from receiving bonuses during sequestration, according to Government Executive.
By Ted Knutson, Financial Advisor
Federal rules on the fiduciary responsibility of financial advisors to pension plans should be proposed by the U.S. Department of Labor within the next couple of months, a department official said today.
By Kathy Hoekstra, The Detroit News
Michigan union members who have dug in their heels fighting the state’s right to work law. But an Obamacare analysis by Americans for Tax Reform may have some of them sitting back on those heels a bit.
By Carlyn Kolker, Thomson Reuters News & Insight
The Department of Labor is working with state agencies, zeroing in on certain industries and weighing in on private lawsuits, in an effort to end misclassification of workers, a top department lawyer said on Tuesday.
By Eric Yoder, The Washington Post
President Obama has called for creation of a government-wide strategy “to address any gender pay gap in the Federal workforce,” focusing on how salaries are set when employees are first hired and when they are promoted.
By Jamie Smith Hopkins, The Baltimore Sun
The fight over the federal minimum wage is coming to Baltimore.
By Hector Barreto, Fox News Latino
Just recently, the Solicitor General challenged in the United State Supreme Court a recent decision reached by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. In its decision Noel Canning v. NLRB, the court found that President Obama’s so-called recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on January 2012 were unconstitutional.