The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit became the second appellate court to strike down the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) August 2011 regulation requiring businesses to post notices of an employee’s right to unionize, finding that the NLRB exceeded its authority when it ordered businesses to display an 11-by-17-inch notice in a prominent location explaining the rights of workers to join a union and bargain collectively.
06-17-2013 The South Carolina Senate Finance Committee last week voted 13-5 to advance a plan that would index the state’s 16-cents-per-gallon gas tax to inflation, increasing the tax by 4 cents in 10 years and generating $135 million yearly. The measure also increases truck registration fees by 16 percent.
05-06-2013South Carolina-based Garvin Oil has the best practices of a large company and the speed, flexibility and southern hospitality of a small company.
04-18-2013 EPA in consultation with the U.S. Department of Energy has issued a waiver for reformulated gasoline (RFG) in 16 states and the District of Columbia to prevent disruptions of the supply of RFG in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
11-01-2012 EPA last week temporarily waived RVP requirements in eight states to prevent gasoline shortages after fuel supplies from refineries in the Gulf area were disrupted by Hurricane Isaac.
09-10-2012 South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley recently signed into law legislation that grants wholesale and retail petroleum marketers immunity from liability when a customer dispenses an incompatible fuel into their vehicle. South Carolina is one of the first states to implement such a law.
07-23-2012