Jarosław Kwoczała/Unsplash The Biden administration and the Supreme Court had a busy first half of 2024, issuing several regulations and court decisions that will impact labor and employment policy and required compliance for TCIA members. The TCIA government-relations [...]

After nearly a year of discussions and preparations, on May 24, 2024, the House Committee on Agriculture approved legislation to reauthorize the Farm Bill, sending the bill to the House floor for a potential vote. The House version of the [...]

In April 2024, TCIA joined the H-2B Workforce Coalition’s letter to leaders of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committees, urging these lawmakers to include provisions in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) [...]

On March 12, 2024, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a hearing to discuss findings and recommendations for the Wildland and Fire Mitigation and Management Commission. This hearing provided members of Congress and witnesses the opportunity to [...]

Planet Volumes/Unsplash On March 11, 2024, the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division’s (WHD) final rule for determining whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor became effective. The final rule rescinds DOL’s 2021 regulation that was [...]