Multistate Monday, Election Edition: Legislative Action in the Works as the Ballot Boxes Open

Ogletree Deakins Podcasts

n this episode of our Multistate Monday podcast series, co-chairs of the firm’s Multistate Advice and Counseling Practice Group, Dee Anna Hays (shareholder, Tampa) and Lucas Asper (shareholder, Greenville), sit down with Shareholder Jim Plunkett (Washington, D.C.) to discuss key legislative updates in light of the upcoming elections. Dee Anna, Lucas, and Jim, who is chair of the firm’s Governmental Affairs Practice Group, discuss the FTC’s non-compete ban; the NLRB’s target enforcement areas such as employer speech on unionization; the DOL’s overtime rule and its effect on wage-and-hour law trends at the state and local levels; OSHA’s new proposed rule on heat illness prevention; and more. Jim also explains how the presidential candidates’ administrations and policy priorities, as well as congressional actions, could affect current labor and employment legislative actions.