May 15, 2017 Update Other Notable Developments: The President has indicated that Marvin Kaplan and William Emmanuel may be the next two nominees to the NLRB. Kaplan is an attorney for the OSHA Review Commission and Emmanuel is a management-side labor attorney. The President’s administration submitted both names for an FBI background check, the first […]
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Lincoln’s Best Places to Work were honored at an awards luncheon on April 27th. Best Places to Work honors the area’s top business that have created positive work environments for their employees. Employees at participating companies complete an online survey, which provides a measure of employee engagement and other workplace factors including: communication and resources, […]
April 21, 2017 Update The President signed an Executive Order entitled “Buy American, Hire American” on April 18, 2017. The Order signed at Snap-On Tools in Wisconsin, directs the Departments of Homeland Security, Justice, Labor and State to crack down on fraud and abuse in the immigration system, across the boarder, to create higher wages […]
LHRMA Meeting 4/11 – What You Missed The April 11th LHRMA meeting was packed full of information covering Exploring Development and Business Opportunities in Lincoln’s Growing Community provided by the following panelists: Pat Haverty, Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development Lori Roeder, Costco David Carry, Planning Director/Lincoln-Lancaster County The Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development (LPED) provided […]
Tuesday, May 9 will be our annual May Day Basket Raffle to benefit the SHRM Foundation. As a chapter, LHRMA supports the work of the SHRM Foundation in advancing the HR profession. Their mission at the SHRM Foundation is to champion workforce and workplace transformation by providing research-based HR solutions for challenging inclusion issues facing […]
April 13, 2017 Update Legislative Bill 203 Summary As a reminder, the legislative session is scheduled to end on June 2nd, 2017. Above is also a brief article prepared summarizing LB 203 signed by the Governor. This bill changes, in some respects, the calculation and payment of unemployment compensation. The following are some other notable […]
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Mark your calendars! The SHRM Nebraska State Conference will be held August 24-25 in La Vista, NE. More info to come.
The Unicameral is on recess until Monday, April 10th. When they return there will be 28 legislative days remaining in the 90-day session. April 6, 2017 Update Federal Updates: The Senate confirmed Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court on April 7th. The vote this morning followed the triggering of the “nuclear option” of […]
March 23, 2017 Update LB 62 Eliminate Prohibition on Teachers wearing religious garb – presented to the Governor on March 23, 2017 LB 203 Change Provisions relating to maximum annual unemployment benefits and disqualification for benefits – presented to the Governor on March 23, 2017 Federal On March 6, the Senate passed a Congressional Review […]
March 17, 2017 Update Additional Updates President Trump has proposed a budget that would reduce the Department of Labor funding by 21% for 2018 The House of Representatives has voted to block a new OSHA recordkeeping rule implemented in the last weeks of the Obama Administration. “Clarification of Employer’s Continuing Obligation to Make and Maintain […]