Companies Must Disclose Government Contracts on Persuader Form

Employers that use anti-union consultants will now have to disclose to the US Labor Department whether they’ve been a contractor for the federal government.

The reporting change, scheduled to be published in the Federal Register Friday, would expand the disclosures some businesses must report annually on a form called the LM-10, which details a company’s expenditures on firms and consultants to monitor employee and union activity at their businesses.

The new rule from the Office of Labor-Management Standards adds a new check box to the LM-10 form “to indicate whether such entities were Federal contractors or subcontractors in their ...