Posts tagged amicus brief
I4AW, Mackinac Center Laud RSC Chairman Banks, Rep. Allen, Rep. Foxx and other Lawmakers for Defending the Rights of Independent Workers
February 11, 2022 // “The NLRB is stepping outside its authority to make it more difficult for entrepreneurs to work for themselves and support their families,” said F. Vincent Vernuccio, president of Institute for the American Worker and senior labor policy adviser for the Mackinac Center. “Reclassifying them as employees would bring added bureaucracy for employers and less flexibility for workers who value the opportunity to be their own boss.”
Ranking Member Foxx, RSC Chairman Banks, Rep. Allen Lead Amicus Brief Supporting Independent Contractors
February 10, 2022 // Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-NC), RSC Chairman Jim Banks (R-IN), and Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA) led a group of House Republicans in filing an amicus brief to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in The Atlanta Opera, Inc. 371 NLRB No. 45 (2021). This case comes as the Democrat-controlled NLRB is set to consider upending established precedent on classifying independent contractors. The brief argues that the standard for classifying independent contractors, which emphasizes the importance of entrepreneurial activity, must be upheld and that changes under the National Labor Relations Act must come through Congress.
I4AW, Mackinac Center Laud RSC Chairman Banks, Rep. Allen, Rep. Foxx and other Lawmakers for Defending the Rights of Independent Workers
February 10, 2022 // RSC Chairman Rep. Jim Banks, Rep. Rick Allen, and Rep. Virginia Foxx along with 30 other Members of Congress took a stand for independent workers by filing an amicus brief in support of the Atlanta Opera, Inc.
Unions, Dems urge lower bar to unionize small groups of workers
January 24, 2022 // Targeting smaller groups of workers can be a key organizing strategy when unions do not have the support of a company's entire workforce.
NLRB eyes overhaul of Trump-era independent contractor test
December 28, 2021 // The National Labor Relations Board could soon make it easier to show that workers are a company's employees and not independent contractors under federal labor law, allowing them to join unions.