ULMAN PUBLIC POLICY & FEDERAL RELATIONS for NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Labor Concerns with OSHAs rule, Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process (RIN: 1218-AD45) Concerns with OSHAs Rule, Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses (RIN: 1218-AD40) Concerns with DOLs final overtime regulation (RIN: 1235-AA39) Opposition to the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (H.R. 20 and S. 567) Support for the Save Local Business Act (H.R. 2826, S. 1261) Concerns with WHDs rulemaking on independent contractor status (RIN 1235-AA43) Concerns with NLRB interpretations that would protect harassing behavior in the workplace and create potential conflicts with federal, state, and local anti-discrimination laws, including the Boards Lion Elastomers decision Concerns with NLRB members recusal obligations Concerns with efforts to overturn significant precedent at the NLRB, including the General Counsels memos on captive audience meetings and electronic monitoring of workers as well as the Boards anticipated decision in Ralphs Grocery Concerns with the NLRBs recent decisions in Cemex, American Steel Construction, Thryc, Inc., The Atlanta Opera, and Stericycle Support for the Employee Rights Act (H.R. 2700, S. 1201) Concerns with the Senate HELP Committee Chairs announcement to hold a vote to authorize investigations into major corporations labor practices Opposition to the Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 728) Concerns with the National Apprenticeship Act (S. 2122, H.R. 2851) Opposition to the Raise the Wage Act of 2023 (H.R. 4889, S. 2488) Concerns with FTC Non-Compete Clause Rule (RIN 3084-AB74) Support for the joint resolution to nullify the "Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act" rulemaking (H.J. Res. 116, S.J. Res. 63) Concerns with Labor HHS appropriations package Opposition to the Warehouse Worker Protection Act Support for labor riders within the Labor HHS FY25 appropriations package Concerns with the Biden Administrations re-nomination of Lauren McFerran to the National Labor Relations Board Concerns with blacklisting policies in federal appropriations packages Support for H.J. Res. 147, a challenge to OSHAs Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process final rule Support for the Start Applying Labor Transparency Act (HR 7784) Opposition to blacklisting language in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act discussion draft

Contacted: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); SENATE; White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Bills named: S. 728 (118th), H.J.Res. 116 (118th), S. 567 (118th), H.R. 7784 (118th), H.J.Res. 147 (118th), S. 1261 (118th), S. 2122 (118th), S. 2488 (118th), H.R. 20 (118th), H.R. 2851 (118th), S.J.Res. 63 (118th), S. 1201 (118th), H.R. 2826 (118th), H.R. 4889 (118th), H.R. 2700 (118th)