The Policy Week in Review, prepared by Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute (WPI), sets forth WPI’s updates on federal, state, and local matters.
NLRB Challenges California Over New Labor Law
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Thursday filed suit against the state of California and the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California over the state’s newly enacted labor law (AB 288), which grants broad authority to the state’s PERB to regulate private sector labor disputes and union elections when the parties have not received a timely determination or remedy from the NLRB. The NLRB argues the new law is preempted by the National Labor Relations Act and seeks an injunction against its enforcement “because it creates a parallel regulatory system that undermines the federal labor policy Congress designed to be national in scope.” For additional analysis of AB 288, read here. This legal challenge follows the lawsuit the NLRB recently filed against the state of New York over its law that sets up a similar regime.
Littler WPI Urges IRS to Clarify that App-based Delivery Drivers Qualify for the “No Tax on Tips” Policy
WPI called on the Internal Revenue Service to make clear that app-based delivery workers qualify for tax relief on tips. The tax relief was included in H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which eliminated taxes on tipped income for some workers. The bill limited the relief to professions that...
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