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  • November 1, 2021

    Department of Homeland Security Issues Memorandum on Worksite Enforcement

    By Basil Thomson

    On October 12, 2021, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas issued a memorandum directing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to develop and update policies to [...]

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  • October 1, 2021

    CDL Trainers Encouraged to Register Before New ELDT Rules Take Effect in February

    By Basil Thomson

    In four months, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) entry-level driver-training (ELDT) final rule will take effect, setting a new federal standard for mandatory training of entry-level drivers and establishing minimum requirements for entry-level driver-training providers. The standards will [...]

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  • September 1, 2021

    OSHA to Embark Upon a Heat-Stress Standard … Yet Again

    By Basil Thomson

    According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, heat stress killed 815 workers and seriously injured more than 70,000 workers from 1992 through 2017. This year, record-setting heat waves across the Pacific Northwest have been linked to hundreds of deaths and [...]

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  • August 1, 2021

    House Passes Infrastructure Bill with Pollinator Provision; Path Toward Enactment Remains Uncertain

    By Basil Thomson

    On July 1, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed major infrastructure legislation, H.R. 3684, the INVEST (Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation) in America Act, on a largely partisan 221-201 vote. The roughly $715 [...]

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  • July 1, 2021

    Will Record Job Openings Spur Movement on Immigration Reform?

    By Basil Thomson

    According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. employers had 9.3 million job openings available at the end of April 2021, the highest number recorded since the government started collecting the data in 2000. The National Federation of Independent Businesses [...]

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