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⚖️ January 15, 2026 Unfair Labor Practice Filings
44 Charges Against Employers, 11 Charges Against Labor Organizations, 1 Charges Involving Jurisdictional Disputes
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🗞️ Wisconsin Healthcare Partnership Ordered to Pay $162K for Denying Case Managers Overtime
Federal court orders North Central Health Care to pay 68 case managers $162,486 in back wages and damages after DOL investigation found systematic off-the-clock work and refused overtime approval from 2021-2023.
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🗞️ EBSA Pivots: Cybersecurity and Mental Health Top 2026 Enforcement Agenda
DOL's Employee Benefits Security Administration overhauled enforcement priorities for 2026, elevating cybersecurity and mental health access while dropping ESOPs and reducing missing participant focus.
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🗞️ South Central Indiana Rural Electric: NLRB Rules Notification Specialists Are Not Supervisors
Indiana electric co-op notification specialists ruled non-supervisory and included in IBEW bargaining unit. Regional Director found they lack supervisory authority despite sometimes acting as superintendents.
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🗞️ Infrastructure & Development Engineering Inc Ordered to Restore Workers' 401(k) Contributions
Federal court ordered Ohio engineering firm to pay $45,699 to employee retirement accounts after withholding contributions from paychecks but failing to deposit them into the 401(k) plan—a violation of ERISA.
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📃 January 13, 2026 Representation Filings
2 Representation Case Filings, 1 NRLB Representation Decertification Filings
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⚖️ January 13, 2026 Unfair Labor Practice Filings
21 Charges Against Employers, 5 Charges Against Labor Organizations
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🗞️ OSHA Partners with Contractor on Manchester's Massive Tunnel Project
OSHA and Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture partner to ensure worker safety during construction of Manchester's $360 million Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel—the city's largest public works project aimed at reducing sewer overflows into the Merrimack River.
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🗞️ UPS Recording Policy Survives NLRB Challenge Under Stericycle Standard
ALJ rules UPS workplace recording policy lawful under strict new Stericycle test, finding policy's work-time/work-area limits don't chill Section 7 rights. General Counsel failed to prove reasonable employees would interpret policy as restricting protected labor activities.
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📃 January 12, 2026 Representation Filings
4 Representation Case Filings
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⚖️ January 12, 2026 Unfair Labor Practice Filings
13 Charges Against Employers, 13 Charges Against Labor Organizations
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🗞️ U.S. Invests $22M to Combat Labor Exploitation in Critical Mineral Supply Chains
The U.S. Department of Labor awarded $22 million to address labor exploitation in Indonesia's nickel industry and the DRC's mineral sector, where documented abuses include forced labor, child labor, and unsafe working conditions.