Nick Niedzwiadek

Labor and Employment Reporter at POLITICO

labor and employment reporter @Politico & Morning Shift co-writer || previously @PoliticoNY always @dailytarheel || [email protected]

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Man arrested on sex charges involving unconscious woman

1 week ago | timesunion.com | Nick Niedzwiadek

SARATOGA SPRINGS — A Saratoga Springs man has been arrested for allegedly taking sexual pictures and touching the "intimate areas" of an unconscious woman, according to Saratoga Springs police. Robert Gardner, 62, has been charged with two felonies including first-degree sexual abuse.
ESOPs like what they’re hearing in Trump 2.0

1 week ago | politico.com | Nick Niedzwiadek

TAKING STOCK: Proponents of expanding a corporate set-up that allows workers to accrue ownership stakes in companies are bullish on the Trump administration clearing regulatory hurdles they believe have hindered their growth for years.
Education Department struck deal with Labor Department to offload career programs

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Juan Perez Jr. |Rebecca Carballo |Nick Niedzwiadek

The department had also been negotiating a memorandum of understanding with the Treasury Department regarding student loan management, agency chief of staff Rachel Oglesby said in a court declaration filed late Tuesday, but paused that work after a court halted the agency’s effort to conduct a massive reduction-in-force in March.
Education Department struck deal with Labor Department to offload career programs

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Juan Perez Jr. |Rebecca Carballo |Nick Niedzwiadek

The Education Department struck agreements to send billions of dollars to the Labor Department to administer a suite of education grants and detail several agency employees to the Treasury Department to help manage collections on federal student loans. Those agency plans, revealed in court documents viewed by POLITICO, are now on hold because of a federal judge’s ruling that temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to slash the Education Department’s workforce.
Supreme Court sides with woman who says she suffered job discrimination for being straight

3 weeks ago | politico.com | Nick Niedzwiadek |Josh Gerstein

The ruling could make it easier for men and white people to win “reverse discrimination” lawsuits. The Supreme Court in Washington on March 2, 2025. | Tierney L Cross/AFP via Getty Images The Supreme Court on Thursday revived a lawsuit by an Ohio woman who said her bosses discriminated against her for being straight.
A former Job Corps champion leads its demise

3 weeks ago | politico.com | Sophia Cai |Nick Niedzwiadek |Irie Sentner |Ben Johansen

Welcome to POLITICO’s West Wing Playbook: Remaking Government, your guide to Donald Trump’s unprecedented overhaul of the federal government — the key decisions, the critical characters and the power dynamics that are upending Washington and beyond. | Subscribe | | | When LORI CHAVEZ-DeREMER served in Congress, she was honored for championing the Job Corps program. As Labor secretary, she’s the face of its impending demise.
Cuts and patriotism essays

3 weeks ago | politico.com | Nick Niedzwiadek

With help from Lawrence Ukenye and PJI participant Diamy WangTIGHTEN THE PURSE: President Donald Trump wants the Department of Labor to do less. A lot less. Budget documents released Friday propose eliminating DOL’s Women’s Bureau, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and Job Corps, while relocating the Bureau of Labor Statistics into the Commerce Department, as your host reported for Pro subscribers.
DOL pulls guidance discouraging crypto in 401(k)s

1 month ago | politico.com | Nick Niedzwiadek

The Biden administration had required “extreme care” before adding a crypto to retirement plan options. The Labor Department advised states last week to use a DHS platform that can verify an individual's immigration status. | Francis Chung/POLITICO The Labor Department on Wednesday yanked Biden-era guidance that strongly discouraged employers against offering cryptocurrency in workers’ 401(k) plan options.
DOL faces deadline to defend ILAB cuts

1 month ago | politico.com | Lawrence Ukenye |Nick Niedzwiadek

WHAT’S AT STAKE: The Trump administration has until Thursday to submit its response to a lawsuit brought forth by several organizations against the Labor Department’s cuts to the Bureau of International Labor Affairs, an office within DOL tasked with improving labor conditions in U.S. supply chains overseas.
Chavez-DeRemer travels for Trump

1 month ago | politico.com | Nick Niedzwiadek

FREQUENT FLIER: Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has said she believes one of the core functions of her job is to be an on-the-ground liaison for the administration in order to ferry back the views of workers and employers to the White House. She has set out to visit all 50 states — a goal she’s mentioned in last month’s Cabinet meeting, recent television appearances and several other venues. Two months in, she’s already been to a half-dozen and is set to be in Ohio on Monday.