Our nation is still struggling with a slow economic recovery. Job openings are scarce, and as a result, competition for available positions is extremely tough. Many Americans are eager for opportunities to gain new skills that will help their resume stand out among hundreds of job applications. Higher education institutions, including career schools, community colleges, and traditional colleges an... Read more »
Congressional Republicans and business groups on Tuesday demanded information about who made the decision to delay the healthcare law’s employer mandate. White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett announced early this month that businesses would have an additional year to comply with the mandate, which requires organizations with more than 50 full-time workers to either provide insurance to worke... Read more »
The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), and the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), today held a joint hearing to examine the Obama administration’s recent decision to delay enforcement of the health care law’s employer mandate. The delay was announced through a blog post on the Treasury Department’s websi... Read more »
We are well acquainted with the challenges surrounding the employer mandate, which forces businesses to provide government-approved health insurance or pay higher taxes. It seems with each passing day there are new reports of employers facing tough choices thanks to this particular provision in the health care law. The mandate applies to businesses with 50 or more full-time workers and defines suc... Read more »
Three weeks ago the American people were joining friends and family to celebrate the July Fourth holiday with hotdogs and fireworks. Little did they know the Obama administration was about to set off some fireworks of its own. Through a blog post on the Treasury Department’s website, the administration announced it would delay for one year enforcement of a vital piece of the recent health care law... Read more »
Dear Secretary Perez: In the last decade, the line between so-called “worker centers” and labor organizations has blurred. Today, many of these “worker centers” are dealing with employers directly on behalf of employees. Given these activities, a case has been made that at least some “worker centers” are labor organizations as defined by the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA), ... Read more »
On Wednesday, July 24 at 10:00 a.m., the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will mark up the Supporting Academic Freedom through Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 2637). The markup will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. In 2010 and 2011 the Department of Education advanced a package of “program integrity” regulations. Several of... Read more »
Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) and Senior Democratic Member Joe Courtney (D-CT) today introduced the Streamlining Claims Processing for Federal Contractor Employees Act (H.R. 2747), legislation that moves responsibility for wage claims adjustments for federally contracted workers from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to the Department of Labor. “This commo... Read more »
The House of Representatives today approved the Student Success Act (H.R. 5). Sponsored by House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Chairman Todd Rokita (R-IN), the legislation would rewrite the nation's K-12 education law. “For the first time in more than a decade, the House has approved legisla... Read more »
On Tuesday, July 23 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), and the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold a joint hearing entitled, “The Employer Mandate: Examining the Delay and its Effect on Workplaces.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.... Read more »
