BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : NOVEMBER 27, 2000 ISSUE
WORKPLACE Gridlock: The Unions' Friend? The lack of a big GOP majority in Congress will probably keep business from winning much of its employment-legislation wish list, including: FAMILY LEAVE Employers want to tighten the law by narrowing the definition of a ''serious health condition'' of a family member who needs the employee's care. OVERTIME Bosses want to give hourly workers time off in lieu of overtime pay and not pay overtime rates to computer professionals and some other workers. Also, they want to abolish laws requiring employers to include bonuses when calculating overtime. HEALTH & SAFETY Companies want to require cost-benefit analyses of health and safety standards. TEAMS Employers are trying to amend federal labor law to give them more leeway to set up worker teams, without violating prohibitions against sham or company unions. DATA: BUREAU OF NATIONAL AFFAIRS, BUSINESS WEEK _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _					RELATED ITEMS Commentary: Labor's Labors Aren't Lost TABLE: Gridlock: The Unions' Friend? INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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