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Report on EEO-1 Data Confirms Flaws Yet Recommends Expansion. On July 28, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a report by the National Academies of...
Last week, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a new bill to protect independent contracting in America. The Worker Flexibility and Choice Act, if passed, would create “new, voluntary “worker
(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File) After the abysmal jobs report last week, and the obvious connection of federally-subsidized, enhanced unemployment benefits helping to depress the labor market, my colleague Nick Arama wrote: It means that the government is basically paying you more to stay home than you would get if you were working. Joe Biden said he didn’t see any problem with that and he didn’t think that that was a factor why people weren’t going back to work. Oh, and he also said it was a major factor. I know, it makes no sense, but that’s Joe Biden.
AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu In the deepening of the already cozy relationship between President Joe Biden and Big Labor, Fox News reports on waivers given to certain Biden administration appointees who had prior Union ties: The Biden administration has come under scrutiny from Republicans on Capitol Hill following its decision to circumvent federal ethics rules and staff former union officials in senior posts. Beginning as early as March, the White House waived certain rules for former labor union personnel slotted to fill Biden’s transition teams and government vacancies, who would hav...
Freelancers, including military spouses, will lose if PRO Act passes with ‘ABC test’: Marisa Palmieri Shugrue Updated 5:42 AM; Today 5:42 AM Marisa Palmieri Shugrue is a military spouse and freelance writer who says a pending federal bill, the PRO Act, by defining freelance work so narrowly, threatens her career and many of those like her who work as independent contractors. (Photo by Nicole Blair) Facebook Share By Guest Columnist, cleveland.com CLEVELAND -- As a sergeant first class in the Ohio Army National Guard, my husband, Mike, is often called away from home for days, weeks or m...