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Persuader Rule
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Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
DOL Repeals Obama-Era “Persuader Rule”
By Ellen M. Hutchinson, Ronald Meisburg
On July 18, the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Labor-Management Standards issued a final rule rescinding the so-called “persuader rule,” a controversial Obama-era regulation requiring employers to disclose advice…
Vorys on Labor
DOL Formally Withdraws Persuader Rule
As previously anticipated on this blog, the Department of Labor (DOL) has formally rescinded the so-called “Persuader Rule.” Under court injunction preventing enforcement since November 2016, the DOL on Wednesday…
Labor & Employment Report
We Sued the DOL, and the DOL Blinked
By Fiona W. Ong, Mark J. Swerdlin, Parker E. Thoeni
Back in 2016, on behalf of the Worklaw®Network, a nationwide association of independent labor and employment law firms of which Shawe Rosenthal is a member, we filed suit against the U.S.…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
Persuader Rule to be the Next Obama Era Regulation on the Chopping Block
On June 12, 2017, the Office of Labor Management Standards of the Department of Labor (DOL) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposes to rescind the controversial “persuader rule”…
Vorys on Labor
Fifth Circuit Stays Persuader Rule Appeal
By Nelson Cary, Cory Catignani
On June 15, the Fifth Circuit granted the government’s request to stay the appeal while the Department of Labor (“DOL”) decides whether to rescind the “persuader rule” issued under the…
Labor Relations Update
Out With A Whimper: DOL Moves To Rescind Persuader Rules
As we reported last month, the DOL was considering what to do with the enjoined persuader rules, new regulations that would have drastically changed the interpretation of the advice exemption…
Labor & Employment Report
We Sued the Department of Labor, and Now It Has Backtracked on the Persuader Rule
By Mark J. Swerdlin, Parker E. Thoeni
As we previously blogged, Shawe Rosenthal, on behalf of the Worklaw®Network, a nationwide association of independent labor and employment law firms of which we are a member, filed suit last…
Vorys on Labor
DOL Intends to Rescind Persuader Rule
By Nelson Cary, Cory Catignani
After months of waiting and wondering how the new administration would handle the appeal of the nationwide injunction prohibiting enforcement of the Obama Administration’s “persuader rule,” we finally have our…
Labor Relations Update
Signs Point To Change In Government’s Position On New (But Currently Enjoined) Persuader Rule
The fight over the Department of Labor's attempt to "clarify" the 50 plus year interpretation of the persuader rules may be coming to an end. After its implementation, the persuader…
Vorys on Labor
Briefing Schedule Set in Persuader Rule Appeal
By Nelson Cary, Cory Catignani
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has set the briefing schedule in the government’s appeal of the nationwide injunction of the persuader rule. The government’s brief is due April 17, 2017. …