January 10, 2017
Happy New Year! The Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) has been busy clearing out any lingering rulemaking or policy decisions before the end of the current Administration.
For the new MSHA Administration, here is our wish list of priorities:
December 1, 2015
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Executive Office of the President released the 2015 Fall Unified Regulatory Agenda (“Agenda”) for the Department of Labor (“DOL”). The Agenda announced the DOL’s proposed rulemaking activity for the 2016. The Agenda references rulemaking for many agency subparts, including the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”). MSHA has several…
September 9, 2015
Recently, the National Labor Relations Board handed down a much anticipated ruling in Browning-Ferris Industries of California (BFI), a case that tested the decades?old and commonly accepted joint employer standard to determine whether two otherwise separate entities are considered one joint employer for collective bargaining purposes (and possibly other purposes). The Board ruled that…
January 10, 2017
Happy New Year! The Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) has been busy clearing out any lingering rulemaking or policy decisions before the end of the current Administration.
For the new MSHA Administration, here is our wish list of priorities:
December 1, 2015
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Executive Office of the President released the 2015 Fall Unified Regulatory Agenda (“Agenda”) for the Department of Labor (“DOL”). The Agenda announced the DOL’s proposed rulemaking activity for the 2016. The Agenda references rulemaking for many agency subparts, including the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”). MSHA has several…
September 9, 2015
Recently, the National Labor Relations Board handed down a much anticipated ruling in Browning-Ferris Industries of California (BFI), a case that tested the decades?old and commonly accepted joint employer standard to determine whether two otherwise separate entities are considered one joint employer for collective bargaining purposes (and possibly other purposes). The Board ruled that…
