Our Victories
NFIB works to affect positive change on behalf of our members. Read about some of the recent victories by our Legal Center, Government Relations, and Political teams.
Policy Victories
Regulations
NFIB recently prompted a deregulatory reform by the Department of Interior that benefits landowners across the country. Thanks to a request filed by the NFIB Small Business Legal Center, the federal government issued new rules that encourage private conservation without a blanket prohibition on private land use.
NFIB’s lawsuit successfully blocked EPA’s “Waters of the U.S. Rule,” which would have expanded the jurisdictional reach of the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers by prohibiting landowners from developing any portion of land that is even occasionally wet without an expensive federal permit.
Litigation filed by NFIB resulted in the Labor Department rescinding the so-called “Union Walk Around Rule,” which would have allowed union representatives to accompany OSHA inspectors when inspecting non-unionized companies.
NFIB successfully blocked a paid leave sick ordinance that would have set a national precedent for labor activists. In response to NFIB’s lawsuit, a Texas court blocked the City of Austin’s paid sick leave ordinance. Local measures such as Austin’s paid sick leave ordinance would result in a patchwork of rules and regulations that create major problems for small businesses.
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