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🗞️ H.R. 2550: The Protect America's Workforce Act - Congressional Response to Federal Workplace Flexibility Reforms

Protect America's Workforce Act (H.R. 2550) seeks to nullify Executive order 14251 and restore federal workforce union intermediaries, collective bargaining requirements for approx. one million federal employees across more than 30 agencies

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🗞️ OSHA Announces Seven Letters of Interpretation as Part of Expanded Compliance Assistance Initiative

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced seven letters of interpretation on December 10, 2025, providing official guidance on federal workplace safety requirements ranging from confined space entry to audiometric testing for workers with cochlear implants.

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🗞️ Federal Contractor Debarred After $596K Kickback Scheme on DC Affordable Housing Projects

The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $596,443 for 31 construction workers victimized by an illegal kickback scheme on federally funded affordable housing projects in Washington

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🗞️ New Jersey Expands "Captive Audience" Meeting Restrictions

Ogletree coverage of New Jersey's expanded captive audience laws, effective December 2nd this year

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🎙️ Navigating the Pay Transparency Patchwork: What Employers Need to Know for 2026

Jackson Lewis examines pay transparency laws expanding across states with inconsistent requirement and more regulations and enforcement coming in 2026

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🗞️ NLRB Judge Dismisses Retaliation Claim Against Ohio Medical Clinic

An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) with the National Labor Relations Board has dismissed an unfair labor practice complaint against Reynolds Clinic, LLC, finding insufficient evidence that a Toledo medical assistant was fired in retaliation for workplace advocacy.

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🗞️ SEPTA and TWU Local 234 Reach Deal to Avert Strike

SEPTA and its largest workers union, Transport Workers Union Local 234, reached a tentative two-year contract agreement on December 8, 2025, averting a strike that would have crippled Philadelphia's mass transit system during the holiday season.

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🗞️ NLRB Judge Rules Trader Joe's Unlawfully Disciplined Union Supporter at Louisville Store

An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) with the National Labor Relations Board has found that Trader Joe's East, Inc. violated federal labor law by disciplining an employee in retaliation for his union activities at the company's Louisville, Kentucky store.

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🗞️ USPS Labor Relations Strain Under Mounting Pressure

28 unfair labor practice charges and 19 charges filed against postal worker unions observed in the first week of December

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🗞️ Appeals Court Upholds President's Authority to Remove NLRB and MSPB Members

On December 5, 2025, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that President Trump acted lawfully in removing two Democrat members from independent federal agencies

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🗞️ DC's Iconic Music Venues Face The Music After Split Recognition

NLRB petitions filed for It's My Party Inc, box office and technical crew operating 9:30 Club, The Anthem, The Atlantis, and Lincoln Theatre venues

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🗞️ SEPTA Contract Negotiations Continue as Strike Threat Looms Over Philadelphia Transit

Contract negotiations between SEPTA and two major transit unions resumed today, with over 5,300 workers operating without contracts since November 7.