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      <title>OPM finalizes rules moving federal RIF appeals from board to agency</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[OPM published final rules August 3, 2026 moving RIF furlough, separation and demotion appeals to OPM with a 30-day window, effective September 2.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Supreme Court to weigh the Labor Department&apos;s farmworker enforcement power</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Court agreed to decide whether the Labor Department may independently sue to enforce farmworker pay protections. The case is pending; no ruling yet.]]></description>
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      <title>Justice Department opinion calls EEOC disparate-impact guidance unconstitutional</title>
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      <title>Lawsuit says the EEOC stopped hearing federal workers&apos; class cases</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A union-backed suit alleges the EEOC unlawfully stopped hearing class-style discrimination complaints by federal workers, per Reuters, July 28, 2026.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Labor Department recovers 613,037 dollars for 46 gyro restaurant workers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Wage and Hour Division recovered $613,037 for 46 workers at four companies operating NY Gyro restaurants in Minnesota, per a July 28, 2026 finding.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Jury orders Arkansas hospital to pay 105,000 dollars in EEOC sex discrimination suit</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A federal jury found Northwest Arkansas Hospitals liable for sex discrimination against a male surgical technician, awarding $105,000, July 28, 2026.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Labor board and New York agree to dismiss preemption lawsuit</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The NLRB and New York agreed July 27, 2026 to dismiss the agency's challenge to a state law shifting federal labor cases to PERB during quorum gaps.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 19:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Malik Johnson</dc:creator>
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      <title>OSHA proposes 349,754-dollar penalty against Florida roofing contractor</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[OSHA cited Orchids Builders LLC for two willful and four repeated fall protection violations, proposing $349,754 in penalties, on July 23, 2026.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>D.C. Circuit strikes down the labor board&apos;s successor bar doctrine</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A divided D.C. Circuit panel held July 21, 2026 that the NLRB's successor bar doctrine exceeds the NLRA. What the remand means for buyers and workers.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Malik Johnson</dc:creator>
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      <title>EEOC votes to rescind its 1979 voluntary affirmative action guidance</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The EEOC voted June 29 to rescind its 1979 voluntary affirmative action guidelines, published in the Federal Register July 6. What changes under Title VII.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 13:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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