Originally introduced in the Senate in March 2025, Representative Donald Norcross (D-NJ) introduced the Faster Labor Contracts Act (“FLCA”) to the House of Representatives on September 16, 2025. The FLCA seeks to hasten the bargaining of first collective bargaining agreements. According to the Proposed Bill, average number of days for bargaining a first contract were well over a year — 465 days.… Continue Reading
Make-Whole or Make-Believe: NLRB “Foreseeable” Damages Creates Circuit Split
Circuit Split Over Thryv Remedies. On October 20, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit generally upheld expanded make-whole remedies contemplated by the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) in Thryv, Inc., 372 NLRB No. 22 (2022). But since Halloween this year, both the Fifth and the Sixth Circuits joined the Third Circuit in rejecting Thryv remedies.… Continue Reading
Senate Confirms Executive Nominees to the EEOC and DOL
Earlier last month, the Senate confirmed over 100 of President Trump’s nominees en bloc in a 51‑47 party-line vote. The confirmed nominees included Brittany Bull Panuccio as an EEOC Commissioner, Andrew Rogers as Administrator of the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division, Jonathan Berry as Solicitor for the DOL.
EEOC Commissioner Brittany Bull Panuccio
Prior to her May 6, 2025, nomination by President Trump, Panuccio worked as an assistant US Attorney in Florida handling criminal and civil appeals.… Continue Reading
Washington Establishes Worker Rights Unit in Response to Declining Federal Enforcement
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown recently announced the formation of a new Worker Rights Unit dedicated to enforcing state labor laws and addressing wage theft. The announcement reflects on the federal government’s “dismantling” of labor enforcement efforts, as a basis for Washington to expand state-level efforts to protect workers and hold noncompliant employers accountable. … Continue Reading