Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) recently spoke on the House Floor about the Department of Labor’s efforts to reclassify independent contractors as traditional employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act, and his legislation (the Employee Rights Act) to codify protections for independent contractors into federal law. The Department of Labor (DOL) is currently in the process of… Read more »
Eric Parker doesn’t sit much these days.
But today, he’s relaxing in one of theClubhou.se’s expansive glass-walled rooms on the third floor of the Georgia Cyber Center, overlooking the Savannah River on one side and downtown Augusta on the other. If you’d asked theClubhou.se founder 10 years ago where he would be today, it likely wouldn’t be here.
In 2010, Parker had moved… Read more »
By Paige Smith | June 27, 2022 1:14PM ET
Burr, Braun, Foxx, Allen signed letter opposing guidance
Labor board stance a ‘flagrant disregard’ of precedent
A National Labor Relations Board memo that declared war on “captive audience” meetings, a common anti-union tactic used by employers, came under fire from congressional Republicans.
Sens. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and… Read more »
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) today joined Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Representative Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), and more than 80 members of Congress on a bicameral joint statement, calling on the Biden administration to reverse course on its plan to erode the full and faithful implementation of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 by moving the Palestinian… Read more »
Republican members of Congress and the Senate have banded together to scorch a Biden Administration plan to upgrade the Palestinian Affairs Unit in the US Embassy in Jerusalem, just a few weeks prior to President Joe Biden’s planned trip to Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Saudi Arabia.
The statement, released Thursday and endorsed by more than 80 lawmakers, was led by Senator Bill… Read more »
The Supreme Court, in an opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito, ruled Friday that Roe v. Wade is overturned.
"Roe was egregiously wrong from the start," Alito wrote for the majority. "Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences."
Now attention turns to the states to see how they will regulate abortion. Georgia already drew national… Read more »
BOTTOM LINE: Although “environmental factors” are usually mentioned in the news when talking about environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives, activism in the boardroom could force companies to take tough stances when it comes to social or labor issues. During proxy voting, activist shareholders put up shareholder resolutions to require companies to issue… Read more »
Photo caption (left to right): William Moore, Project NURTURE teacher resident alum; Mina Veazie, Project NURTURE program coordinator; DaShaunda Patterson, CEHD associate dean for faculty development and equity; Carla Tanguay, associate to the dean for clinical practice; and Keith Morrison, vice president of Van Scoyoc Associates, Georgia State’s government relations firm, pose for a… Read more »
United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Representative Lee Zeldin (R-NY-01) today led more than 80 Members of Congress in releasing a bicameral joint statement, calling on the Biden Administration to reverse course on what they termed "its plan to erode the full and faithful implementation of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995" by moving the Palestinian Affairs Unit (PAU) out of the… Read more »
Republican lawmakers and former Trump administration officials are criticizing the Biden administration’s plan to upgrade the Palestinian Affairs Unit in the U.S. Embassy in Israel to a separate office reporting directly to the State Department, calling the move a de-facto effort to divide Jerusalem.
In a statement set to be released on Thursday, organized by Sen. Bill Hagerty… Read more »
