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    Radical NLRB Chief Should Be Replaced, Not Reappointed

    Senators, yes, it’s the holiday season and a lame-duck session, but don’t get distracted from the reason you’re in Washington—namely, to improve Americans’ lives.  Unfortunately, some Republican senators are failing to show up for votes to block outgoing President Joe Biden’s nominees, allowing Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to easily shepherd eight federal Biden…
    Carrie Sheffield
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    • Opinion

    In Win for Franchises, Judge Voids Biden Admin NLRB Joint Employer Rule

    A federal district court announced that it will vacate the so-called joint employer rule that threatened to upend the franchise business model and to impose massive new responsibilities and legal liabilities onto businesses for supposed employees over whom they have no direct control.  U.S. District Court Judge J. Campbell Barker’s decision Friday held that enforcement of…
    Rachel Greszler
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    Supreme Court Ruling Could Force NLRB to Revisit Up to 800 Cases

    Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling that President Obama’s “recess” appointments to the National Labor Relations Board were unconstitutional could mean as many as 800 cases decided by the illegal appointees would have to be reconsidered. The Court ruled three appointments President Obama made on Jan. 4, 2012, to fill out the five-member National Labor Relations Board,…
    Elizabeth Slattery
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