Legislative News

US Department of Labor Announces Apprenticeship Building America Program, $113M In Available Funds To Strengthen, Modernize Registered Apprenticeships

2025-01-31T18:06:16-05:00February 25th, 2022|2022, Labor News, Legislative News|

Up to $50M designated for equity partnerships, pre-apprenticeship activities The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a grant program to strengthen, modernize, expand and diversify its Registered Apprenticeship Program to enable more workers to earn while they learn and find [...]

US Department of Labor Announces Proposed Rule to Update Powered Industrial Trucks Standard for General Industry, Construction

2025-01-31T18:06:17-05:00February 16th, 2022|2022, General Industry News, Labor News, Legislative News|

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking by the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to improve worker safety and health by ensuring the agency’s general industry and construction industry rules reflect current industry practice [...]

Legislative Update: Supreme Court Blocks OSHA Vaccine or Test Mandate

2025-01-31T18:06:19-05:00January 13th, 2022|2022, COVID-19 Updates, Employee Benefits Legislation, Labor News, Legislative News|

The Supreme Court on Thursday, January 13, 2022 issued mixed rulings in a pair of cases challenging Biden administration COVID-19 vaccine mandates, allowing the requirement for certain health care workers to go into effect while blocking enforcement of a [...]