The Labor & Employment Blog is a forum for practitioners and Bloomberg BNA editors to share ideas, raise issues, and network with colleagues.
May 30, 2012
by Lydell C. Bridgeford
Gregory T. Chambers, president of the American Association for Affirmative Action (AAAA), explains why corporate America and the federal government need to stay committed to affirmative action programs. AAAA, founded in 1974, represents professionals who manage affirmative action, equal opportunity, diversity inclusion and human resource programs in the private and public sectors.
May 23, 2012
by Louis C. LaBrecque
Several times during a House subcommittee hearing last week on overhauling the Hatch Act--which restricts federal, state, and local government employees' ability to engage in political activities--Republicans and Democrats on the panel seemed surprised to be agreeing on the issues.
May 18, 2012
by Patrick Dorrian
Is the seeming rise in cases involving challenges to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s enforcement authority more of a sign of an overaggressive agency ( at least Seyfarth Shaw...
May 17, 2012
by Robert Combs
The 2012 edition of Bloomberg BNA’s Union Membership and Earnings Data Book has been published, and it has the latest breakdowns of U.S. Census data on union density rates—the percentage of a...
May 14, 2012
by Amber McKinney
National Labor Relations Board Associate General Counsel Anne Purcell issues casehandling instructions for regional office employees handling immigration issues in unfair labor practice compliance proceedings.
May 11, 2012
by Michael Rose
Companies under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection often find themselves at odds with unions representing their workers, who want to make sure employees don't get short shrift as an employer reorganizes to gain financial solvency. This interplay was recently on full display at two household-name employers currently in bankruptcy proceedings--providing a good look at the role unions can play in the face of an employer's financial difficulties.
May 9, 2012
Everyone agrees the Postal Service is in serious financial trouble, but there's very little agreement on how to go about saving it.
May 8, 2012
John Piatt , a director of equal employment opportunity at the Biddle Consulting Group, isn't convinced that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs is finished with efforts to...
May 3, 2012
Three factors in the collective bargaining atmosphere have created a kind of “perfect storm” that kept wage increases at levels lower than we’ve ever seen in 2011, and perhaps lower than we’ll see again for some time.
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