11th Circuit Court Reins In OSHA

11th Circuit Court Reins In OSHA

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals handed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) a setback when it ruled recently that the agency couldn’t expand a single-incident investigation into a wall-to-wall, search-everything investigation based...
FMLA Forms Now Good Through 2021

FMLA Forms Now Good Through 2021

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the reissuing of all Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) forms with a new expiration date of Aug. 31, 2021. The previous forms had expired on May 31 due to the Paperwork Reduction Act, which requires all...
OMB to Disclose Plans for Restructuring of HHS, USDA

OMB to Disclose Plans for Restructuring of HHS, USDA

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is expected to unveil plans this month to move several welfare-related functions from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Specifically, the restructuring would...
OMB to Withhold Funding from the NLRB

OMB to Withhold Funding from the NLRB

While General Counsel Peter Robb seeks to reorganize and rein in the agency’s regional directors, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has been told not to spend money past April by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). “The agency heads are claiming...