Department of Labor Reveals Final Persuader Rule

On March 23, 2016, the DOL revealed its final “persuader” rule — a regulation that has been in the works for years. According to the DOL, the rule “realign[s] the Department’s regulations with the text of . . . the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA).”

 

Among other things, the LMRDA requires certain public reporting by employers and the third parties they retain to persuade their employees “to exercise or not to exercise, or . . . as to the manner of exercising, the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing.”

 

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