Legislative Activity Effective Apprenticeships Rebuild National Skills (EARNS) Act Members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce introduced two bills that seek to promote fair union elections and restore important protections for workers and employers. The first is the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act (H.R. 2776), introduced by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), chairman … Continue Reading
Legislative Updates Senate Committee Schedules Confirmation Hearing on Nominee for Labor Secretary The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) will hold a confirmation hearing on Alexander Acosta’s nomination to serve as secretary of the Department of Labor on Wednesday, March 22. The hearing was originally scheduled for this Wednesday, March 15 but Sen. … Continue Reading
Squire Patton Boggs’ State Attorneys General Practice Group is comprised of lawyers who have served at senior levels in state AG offices around the country and whose practices focus, to one degree or another, on representing clients before these increasingly assertive and powerful, yet often overlooked, government agencies, as explained in detail here. In these … Continue Reading
