NATSO anticipates monitoring and advocating on more than a dozen public policy topics in 2016. Here’s a glimpse of some of the biggest issues facing NATSO members and what truckstop and travel plaza owners should prepare for as the 2016 Presidential race continues to heat up.
12-18-2015 Congress has until Dec. 11 to pass an omnibus spending bill to keep the government running. Congressional Republican and Democratic negotiators remain in private negotiations in an effort to reach an agreement on the omnibus bill and avert a government shutdown, but time is running short. Because the omnibus is a “must-pass” piece of legislation, policymakers are actively trying to insert unrelated policy riders into the package. This includes language pushing back against Obama Administration priorities that will adversely affect NATSO members.
12-07-2015 The House Education and Workforce Committee voted 21-15 Oct. 28 in favor of the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act, H.R. 3459, which would restore the longstanding joint employer standard under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Introduced by Congressman John Kline (R-Minn.) in September, H.R. 3459 would undo the recent expansion of joint employer liability under federal law and amend the NLRA by limiting joint employer findings to situations where two or more entities share control over employees that is “actual, direct, and immediate.”
10-29-2015 Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) called the National Labor Relations Board’s recent decision to redefine and expand joint employer liability under the National Labor Relations Act the biggest attack on small business opportunity that he’s seen in a long, long time.
Sen. Alexander made the remarks during his opening statement at a Senate panel hearing on the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act. Sen. Alexander recently introduced the measure to revert the joint employer test in place prior to the NLRB’s August 3-2 decision.
10-08-2015 The Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, of which NATSO is a member, urged Congress to quickly pass the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act (S. 2015/H.R. 3549), which would restore the longstanding joint employer standard under the National Labor Relations Act.
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