DOL takes first step to rescind Obama-era persuader rule

By Dennis Jackson (US) on June 13, 2017 Posted in United States

After announcing the withdrawal of two union friendly administrator interpretations issued by the Obama Administration, the US Department of Labor delivered another blow to unions by announcing that it will take public comment beginning June 12, 2017, on a proposed rule to rescind the Obama-era version of the persuader rule which requires companies to report … Continue reading

US DOL Persuader Rule permanently benched

By Dennis Jackson (US) on November 16, 2016 Posted in United States

Hailed by the US Department of Labor as a regulatory change to promote transparency and to help employees make well-informed decisions about union representation, the Department of Labor’s final rule on reporting union persuader activities has been permanently blocked by Texas US District Court Judge Sam R. Cummings. The new rule attempted to narrow the … Continue reading

A watershed case on the frontiers of union turf

By Global Workplace Insider Team on June 28, 2016 Posted in Asia Pacific, Australia

Earlier this month, a unanimous Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) handed down a decision that is set to lay the landscape for the interpretation of union eligibility rules into the future.[1] In its reasons, the Full Bench provided critical guidance on how union eligibility rules should be interpreted. In particular, the Full … Continue reading