Legislative and Regulatory News for the Week of April 12

Posted on April 18, 2009 by Governmental Affairs Team

The following is a summary of the legislative and regulatory news for the week of April 12, 2009:

Agency Changes

President Obama plans to nominate Lorelei Boylan to serve as Administrator of the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. Obama also announced his intent to nominate Thomasina Rogers for Chair of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.

Discrimination in the Workplace

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) plans to hold a public meeting to discuss discrimination against employees with caregiving responsibilities.

Immigration

The U.S. Department of Defense announced that the effective date of the Federal Contractor E-Verify Rule will be delayed until June 30, 2009.
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Obama to Nominate Thomasina Rogers as OSHRC Chair

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Jay Sumner

President Obama has picked Thomasina Rogers as his nominee for Chair of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (“OSHRC” or “Review Commission”). The OSHRC is a quasi-judicial independent federal agency created to decide contests of citations or penalties resulting from Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) workplace inspections. As Chair, Rogers would be in charge of the administrative operations of the Review Commission, as well as participate with other commissioners in case adjudication.

Rogers was appointed to the Review Commission in 1998 by former President Bill Clinton, and served as Chair from 1999-2002. She was reappointed in April 2003. In 1994, Rogers served as a chair of the Administrative Conference of the U.S. until its dissolution at the end of 1995. In addition, Rogers served for seven years in the Federal Government's Senior Executive Service (SES). While at the SES, Rogers worked as legal counsel to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), where she had primary responsibility for managing the development of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) employment regulations.

Rogers is a graduate of Northwestern University and Columbia University School of Law.

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