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ARTICLE · 16 DECEMBER 2005

Employer Reporting Requirements Under the LMRDA

Since its enactment in 1959, the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA or "the Act") has required employers and labor unions alike to file annual reports disclosing certain financial transactions relating to unions.

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Since its enactment in 1959, the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA or "the Act") has required employers and labor unions alike to file annual reports disclosing certain financial transactions relating to unions. One of the purposes of the Act is to reveal money spent by employers in efforts to sway their employees with respect to unionizing. Employers must file a Form LM-10 within ninety (90) days of the end of their fiscal year, while unions meet their corresponding reporting requirements by filing a Form LM-30.

Lax enforcement of the LMRDA's reporting requirements in the past and a lack of guidance regarding exactly what payments must be reported have caused many employers to either fail to file a LM-10 report entirely or to misinterpret the reporting requirements. A Department of Labor (DOL) crackdown on the LMRDA's reporting requirements for unions, however, has also led to stricter enforcement of the reporting requirements for employers. The DOL's recent

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