The NADCA Washington Office, Artemis Strategies, is pleased to provide NADCA with a government affairs update and summary of our government affairs activities for the month of September.

NADCA Objects to Proposed Changes to Persuader Rule by Labor Department
In September, NADCA signed onto comments with over 200 other trade associations citing its opposition to a proposed rule that would expand greatly what information employers and their labor relations consultants must report to the Department of Labor. The proposed revisions to the regulations would narrow the "advice exception" to the law's disclosure and reporting requirements -- imposing extensive and sweeping new reporting obligations on employers who would utilize the expertise of outside consultants, attorneys or other professionals when addressing labor relations issues. If the “advice exception” is indeed narrowed, employers will need to report the details of these third-party relationships regardless of whether the third-parties have any contact with employees. The comment period closed on September 21.

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