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Employee Free Choice Act
A new law proposed in congress which
some say has the potential to alter the union-management landscape
more than any other labor relations legislation in the last fifty
years. The “Employee Free Choice Act” (“EFCA”) will deprive
employees of free choice regarding union representation and function
so as to intimidate employers with increased penalties for certain
labor law violations, if enacted in its current form, increase the
power of Unions not only in the workplace, but also politically.
The EFCA would
provide the following:
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Unions Press Congress to Delete Secret Ballot Elections as Their Membership Declines To 12% of Workforce
The
number of wage and salary workers who were union members dropped to 12 percent
of the workforce last year. That's the lowest percentage since the government
started tracking that number over two decades ago. The union membership rate
for government workers (36.2 percent) was substantially higher than for private
industry workers (7.4 percent).
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Potential Changes in the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
The
Department of Labor has requested suggestions from the
public for changes in the Family and Medical Leave Act
(FMLA). Suggested changes could widen or narrow FMLA's
coverage. Either way you'll be affected.
The
Family and Medical Leave Act, requires covered Employers to
grant eligible employees up to a total of 12 weeks of leave
in a 12-month period. The FMLA’s impact on business is
significant. One group estimated the 2004 costs to business
at $21 billion and reported 24 million workers took FMLA
leave over an 18-month period.
Changes
proposed for FMLA include:
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Employers Required to Post Injury/Illness Summaries Beginning February 1
Beginning February 1, employers subject to OSHA
recordkeeping requirements must post a summary of the total
number of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred
last year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) announced today. Employers are only required to post
the Summary (OSHA Form 300A) -- not the OSHA 300 Log -- from
Feb.1 to Apr. 30, 2006.
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Hansen Achieves CCP Recertification
David L.
Hansen, SPHR, CCP, Senior Human Resources Consultant at
HR-OneSource has received recertification for his Certified
Compensation Professional designation for another three-year
period, through 2010.
A Certified
Compensation Professional (CCP) designation is awarded by
World at Work (formerly American Compensation Association)
to those designees who have earned it by attending numerous
required compensation-related courses and passing rigorous
examinations.
Holders
of the Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) designation
must...
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Approaching Deadlines for Human
Resource/Payroll Professionals
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Latest Department of Labor Numbers
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