🗞️ The Clock Rolls Back: DOL Restores 2019 Overtime Thresholds, Leaving Millions Without Expanded Protections

The Department of Labor has formally reinstated 2019-era overtime exemption thresholds, scrapping a Biden administration rule that courts struck down and with it the prospect of expanded overtime pay for as many as 4.3 million workers.

📃 May 13, 2026 Representation Filings

7 Representation Case Filings

⚖️ May 13, 2026 Unfair Labor Practice Filings

32 Charges Against Employers and 9 Charges Against Labor Organizations

🗞️ Washington Bets on a Unified Workforce: Federal Push Doubles State Buy-In on Job Training Plans

The U.S. Departments of Labor and Education announced that 21 states have submitted combined workforce and career education plans under WIOA, more than double the 9 that did so in 2024.

📃 May 12, 2026 Representation Filings

10 Representation Case Filings and 1 NRLB Representation Decertification Filing

⚖️ May 12, 2026 Unfair Labor Practice Filings

33 Charges Against Employers, 7 Charges Against Labor Organizations, and 1 Charge Involving Boycotts and Strikes

🗞️ When the New Union Won, the Health Insurance Vanished: A Judge Says the Company Is to Blame

An NLRB judge ruled that WestRock Services violated federal labor law by unilaterally replacing union workers' health insurance after a representation election, without bargaining in good faith.

🗞️ Cloudera's Green Card Shortcut: How a Silicon Valley Firm Allegedly Rigged Its Own Hiring Process

Federal regulators allege Cloudera routed American job applicants to a dead-end email address to justify hiring foreign workers, triggering a DOJ lawsuit and a 180-day suspension of the company's immigration sponsorship program.

📃 May 11, 2026 Representation Filings

5 Representation Case Filings and 2 NRLB Representation Decertification Filings

⚖️ May 11, 2026 Unfair Labor Practice Filings

40 Charges Against Employers, 26 Charges Against Labor Organizations, and 1 Charge Involving Hot Cargo Agreements

🗞️ Google Agrees to Pay $50 Million to Settle Racial Discrimination Lawsuit

Google settled a class-action racial discrimination lawsuit for $50 million, resolving claims by more than 4,000 current and former Black employees who alleged systemic bias in hiring, pay, and advancement.

📃 May 08, 2026 Representation Filings

8 Representation Case Filings, 3 NRLB Representation Decertification Filing, and 1 Representation Management Case Filing