<H3>• New Rule Under Development Would Aid Unions, Hurt Small-, Medium-Size Businesses</H3>

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"Supporters of tougher regulations on businesses usually present them as necessary to curb abuses by large "fatcat" corporations. ”However [the] administration is pursuing a new labor rule that would largely ignore big business and instead target small and medium-sized companies…. "Under the federal 'persuader' rule, businesses currently must disclose whenever they hire somebody to try to convince their employees they shouldn't unionize — hence the rule's name. Now the administration wants to expand the disclosure to include any time managers receive legal advice on the subject.... ”The administration, which has been pushing for the rule since 2011, quietly announced on May 21, right before Memorial Day weekend, that the new version is set to be completed in December…. ”The administration has said the rule will be broad, covering all advice that could ‘directly or indirectly persuade workers’ — so basically all communications related to unionizing. The NFIB's Milito says the group expects to have to report every time one of its 350,000 members downloads the labor law legal advice manual from its website…. Please visit this link to read the full report: WashingtonExaminer NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/

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