On 23 March, the Labor Department published the final version of the new rule on transparency as relates to companies hiring consultants and lawyers to assist in discouraging workers from unionizing. In addition to existing reporting requirements, the contentious ‘persuader rule’ that took five years to finalize requires companies to disclose the type and form of services they have procured from these consultants as well as the amounts paid.
Companies already have to disclose to the Federal Government the actions carried out by these consultants that they have hired to discourage workers from unionizing.
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