Center for Human Resources Support

The Center for Human Resources Support (CHRS) at PRINTING United Alliance provides expert assistance in labor and employment issues and how those impact all businesses. CHRS helps businesses stay up to date on labor laws, regulations, trends, and how to implement them. CHRS also provides thoughtful perspectives on talent management, workforce training, education, diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as expert analysis of the developments in the Human Resources and labor relations fields.

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PRINTING United Alliance Supports Tax-Exempt Career Savings Plan

As part of its comprehensive federal advocacy program, PRINTING United Alliance joined Tomorrow’s Workforce Coalition (TWC). Coalitions are one of the ways that the Alliance can support legislation that benefits the printing industry by joining with other industries with common goals to speak with …

California Enacts Nation’s First Workplace Violence Prevention Requirements for Employers

On September 30, 2023, the state of California enacted Senate Bill (SB) 553, the nation’s first general industry workplace violence safety requirements program. Under SB553, almost all employers will be required to establish, implement, and maintain a workplace violence prevention program (WVPP) as part …

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New NLRB Procedure Lowers Threshold to Recognize Unionization

In a decision issued on August 25, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) established a new procedure that affects how a company must respond to union organizing. In Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, the NLRB stated that if a union claims to have at least a 50% +1 majority of the employees …

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New NLRB Union Election Rule Will Make “Quickie” Elections Easier

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a new “Representative-Case Procedures” final rule on August 24, 2023, affecting union representation elections. This new rule reduces the time between when a petition to conduct an election is filed and when the union election is held. Elections that …

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Workplace Rules and Policies Affecting Union Organization Under Scrutiny

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision on August 2, 2023, in Stericycle, Inc., that will have a direct effect on how companies create rules and policies that could impact employees’ organizing and other union-related protected activities. In the decision, the NLRB created a new standard …

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New Proposed Federal Rule Expands Overtime Compensation

The Department of Labor (DOL) proposed revisions to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) on August 30, 2023. The most significant proposed revision to the FLSA expands who may receive overtime compensation, and the threshold salary up to which overtime pay is required. The proposed revisions also clarify …

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OSHA Proposes Rule Allowing Third-Party Union Reps to Participate in Inspections

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proposed a new rule on August 29, 2023, that would allow any third-party, non-employee, union representative to accompany an OSHA inspector as they conduct an inspection. This includes companies that are not a union shop. Currently, the rule is …

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PRINTING United Alliance Member Serves on OSHA Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Panel

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has convened a panel of small businesses to review the Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings proposed rule. This is the next step in a process that began in October 2021 when action on the rule was initiated with …

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OSHA Clarifies Recordability of Injuries Due to Workplace Violence

Unfortunately, no workplace is immune from experiencing incidences of workplace violence. OSHA has now clarified how injuries that result from a workplace violence incident are to be classified under their injury and illness recordkeeping regulation found at 29 CFR 1904. On May 17, 2023, OSHA issued …

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