ULMAN PUBLIC POLICY & FEDERAL RELATIONS

Opposition to the Warehouse Worker Protection Act (H.R. 4896/S.2613) Concerns with OSHAs rule, Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process (RIN: 1218-AD45) Concerns with OSHAs Rule, Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses (RIN: 1218-AD40) Concerns with OSHAs Interpretation of the General Duty Clause: Limitation for Inherently Risky Professional Activities Proposed Rule. (RIN: 1218-AD71) Opposition to the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (H.R. 20 and S. 852) Support for the Save Local Business Act (H.R. 4366) Concerns with WHDs rulemaking on independent contractor status (RIN 1235-AA43) Concerns with NLRB interpretations that would protect harassing behavior in the workplace and create potential conflicts with federal, state, and local anti-discrimination laws, including the Boards Lion Elastomers decision Concerns with efforts to overturn significant precedent at the NLRB, including the General Counsels memos on captive audience meetings and electronic monitoring of workers, as well as the Boards anticipated decision in Ralphs Grocery Concerns with the NLRBs recent decisions in Cemex, American Steel Construction, Thryc, Inc., The Atlanta Opera, and Stericycle Support for the Employee Rights Act of 2025 (H.R. 4154) Opposition to the Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 17) Concerns with FTC Non-Compete Clause Rule (RIN 3084-AB74) Concerns with blacklisting policies in federal appropriations packages Support for the Start Applying Labor Transparency Act (H.R. 2954) Concerns with OSHAs Proposed Rule, Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings (RIN 1218-AD39) Concerns with the constitutionality of the NLRBs decision to expand awarded remedies, including its Thryv decision Support for the Trump administrations nominations to serve in the Department of Labor and its subagencies Support for the Trump administrations nomination to serve as members and General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board Opposition to the Faster Labor Contracts Act (H.R. 5408/ S. 844) and Senator Hawleys legislative framework on labor reform Concerns with NLRB decisions that violate the First Amendment and employers freedom of speech Support for the NLRBs Acting General Counsels rescission of various concerning NLRB memoranda, including those addressing remedies, the rights of student-athletes, algorithms and electronic monitoring, severance agreements, noncompete agreements, 10(j) injunctive relief, settlements, Cemex, McLaren Macomb, tension between the National Labor Relations Act and equal employment opportunity laws, mail ballot elections, and captive audience meetings. Support for OSHAs review of its recordkeeping and reporting obligations related to occupational injuries and illnesses Support for OMBs efforts on deregulation