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Attorneys general from 26 states are opposing the implementation of the U.S. Department of Labor’s rule permitting ESG considerations in Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)-governed pension plans in court. The states filed an appeal late last week seeking to reverse the dismissal of their case.

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

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Here is everything you need to know about state minimum wage laws in some states across the US

A filing sent to the U.S. Department of Labor shows alleged action at the Lexington-based Webasto sunroof plant to discourage workers from potentially forming a union.

The Biden administration on June 5 moved to dismiss a lawsuit brought against it by states challenging a Department of Labor rule on the use of ESG factors in investment-related decisions for retirement funds governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The states filed suit earlier…

A Northern California taqueria under investigation for wage theft brought in a priest to get workers to "confess" about sins they had committed in the workplace, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

President Joe Biden (D) vetoed the first legislation of his presidency on March 20, 2023. Biden vetoed H. J. Res. 30, a joint resolution of disapproval under the terms of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) that sought to void a Department of Labor rule amending the Employee Retirement Income Security…

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Local service providers say children at the heart of probe fell out of view after the investigation

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he would nominate Julie Su, the deputy secretary of labor and the preferred choice of the Congressional Black Caucus, to become secretary of the Department of Labor.