DOL Watchdog Says Labor Standards Office Lacking Enforcement (1)

The Office of Labor Management Standards has failed to ensure that businesses and labor-relations consultants are reporting anti-union activity as required by law, an independent agency watchdog found.

The US Labor Department subagency didn’t “effectively enforce” reporting requirements for employers’ anti-union activity, and failed to certify that required annual reports were submitted accurately or on time, the DOL’s inspector general said in a report released Wednesday.

Only 428 employers and 211 consultants reported their anti-union activity in the three years of data reviewed by the office covering 2019 to 2023, the OIG found, and more than half submitted those reports ...