by admin | Apr 14, 2015 | OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is asking the public for information about worker safety hazards in communication tower construction and maintenance activities. Public input will assist the agency in determining what measures are needed to...
by admin | Apr 13, 2015 | DOJ, immigration
Judge Andrew Hanen, who issued an injunction that stopped the Obama administration’s plan for its version of immigration reform, has refused to lift the ban, saying the federal government, under President Obama’s orders, “has abdicated...
by admin | Apr 13, 2015 | FMLA
Before the new definition of spouse for Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) purposes could take effect, a federal judge in Texas issued an injunction against its enforcement, but the Department of Labor has now announced that it will honor that injunction only in the...
by admin | Apr 11, 2015 | DOJ, FMLA
After Justice Reed O’Connor placed a temporary injunction on the new definition of spouse for purposes of Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave, the Department of Justice (DOJ) quickly moved to ask for the block to be lifted. On Friday, Texas Attorney...
by admin | Apr 10, 2015 | EEOC
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) this week ruled that an army facility’s decision to force a transgender civilian employee to use a unisex bathroom, and not a female one, represented sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act....