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News & Commentary March 12, 2023
https://onlabor.org/march-12-2023/
By Swap Agrawal
Swap Agrawal is a student at Harvard Law School.
In this weekend’s news and commentary, the Biden administration’s 2023 budget proposal includes increased spending on the NLRB, EEOC, and DOL; new and increased penalties for employers who violate labor and employment laws; and a paid family and medical leave program.
On March 9, the Biden administration released its budget outline for fiscal year 2024. The $6.9 trillion proposal includes $1.7 trillion in discretionary federal spending and new taxes on the wealthy aimed at decreasing the federal deficit by $3 trillion. President Biden’s budget also includes additional spending on labor and employment. The proposal increases the NLRB’s budget to $376 million, which is a 25% increase from the $299 million authorized by Congress for this fiscal year. The current number is itself the first raise the agency received since 2014. In a statement, NLRB general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo said, “While the bump in our FY23 funding was essential in averting furloughs, the NLRB is still drastically underfunded.”
FULL story at link above.