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Punching In: Keeping Tabs on Lawsuits Challenging DOL’s IC Rule

May 20, 2024 | news.bloombergtax.com | Rebecca Rainey |Bruce Rolfsen Column |Bruce Rolfsen

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers. IC Litigation Round Up|OSHA Boosts Employer ReportingRebecca Rainey: The US Labor Department is currently defending its new worker classification rule in five different courts across the country against legal challenges brought by business groups, freelancers, and trucking companies.
Punching In: New Biden Worker Classification Test Implemented

Mar 11, 2024 | news.bloombergtax.com | Rebecca Rainey |Bruce Rolfsen Column |Bruce Rolfsen

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers. IC Rule Goes Into Effect|OSHA Turns Up EnforcementRebecca Rainey: The US Department of Labor’s closely watched independent contractor rule goes into effect today, but don’t expect too much of a change from the DOL’s current enforcement position.
Punching In: DOL Launches Wage Seminars for Federal Contractors

Feb 5, 2024 | news.bloomberglaw.com | Rebecca Rainey |Bruce Rolfsen Column |Bruce Rolfsen

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers. New DOL Information Sessions|Safety Commissioner VacanciesRebecca Rainey: The US Department of Labor wants future federal contractors and the public to study up on new prevailing-wage rules that are likely to come into play as the Biden administration continues to fuel infrastructure projects around the country. The agency will host seminars on Feb. 27, May 15, and Aug.
Punching In: Biden’s DOL Overtime Proposal Draws Business Gripes

Nov 13, 2023 | news.bloomberglaw.com | Rebecca Rainey |Bruce Rolfsen Column |Bruce Rolfsen

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers. DOL’s Overtime Fight Foreshadowed|Covid-Related Data RevealedRebecca Rainey: The US Department of Labor received more than 26,000 comments arguing for and against its proposal to expand overtime pay protections to more workers, a preview of the expected legal fight to come.
Punching In: State ‘Right-to-Work’ Laws Stalling Competition

Sep 5, 2023 | news.bloomberglaw.com | Rebecca Rainey |Bruce Rolfsen Column |Bruce Rolfsen

Tuesday morning musings for workplace watchers. Unions Data in Right-to-Work States|Road Ahead for OSHA Heat Stress RuleRebecca Rainey: Are state right-to-work laws bad for competition? Workers instates with right-to-work laws on the books see lower earnings and slower wage growth than states without such laws, new research from the Illinois Economic Policy Institute and the Project for Middle Class Renewal at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign found.
Punching In: DOL Investigator Hiring Push No Match for Attrition

Jul 31, 2023 | news.bloomberglaw.com | Rebecca Rainey |Bruce Rolfsen Column |Bruce Rolfsen

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers. Net Zero WHD Hiring|Heat Rule ReduxRebecca Rainey: A Biden administration hiring initiative aimed at bolstering the ranks of investigators at the US Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division appears to have been fruitless. A year and a half into the hiring spree, . At the end of June, the wage division had 758 investigators on board, according to data provided by the DOL.
Punching In: DOL’s Su to Get Panel Vote Fresh Off Her Hearing

Apr 24, 2023 | news.bloombergtax.com | Diego Munhoz |Bruce Rolfsen Column |Bruce Rolfsen

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers. Su Markup Set|California Heat, Lead RulesDiego Areas Munhoz: Labor secretary nominee Julie Su will face her first vote April 26 by members of the Senate’s labor panel. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will consider Su’s nomination less than a week after she was grilled by Republicans over her handling of independent contractors and unemployment insurance fraud during her tenure as California’s labor chief.
Punching In: DOL’s Su to Get Panel Vote Fresh Off Her Hearing

Apr 24, 2023 | news.bloomberglaw.com | Diego Munhoz |Bruce Rolfsen Column |Bruce Rolfsen

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers. Su Markup Set|California Heat, Lead RulesDiego Areas Munhoz: Labor secretary nominee Julie Su will face her first vote April 26 by members of the Senate’s labor panel. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will consider Su’s nomination less than a week after she was grilled by Republicans over her and during her tenure as California’s labor chief.