Rebekah Mintzer

New York

Deputy Team Lead, Labor at Bloomberg Law

Deputy team lead for Labor @Blaw. Opinions mine, RT not endorsement. Reach me here: [email protected]

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Trump Makes DOL Picks for Labor Solicitor, Wage and Hour Chief

3 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Rebekah Mintzer

President Donald Trump nominated EEOC Acting General Counsel Andrew Rogers as head of the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division and attorney Jonathan Berry as labor solicitor, according to the White House. The two, if confirmed by the Senate, would join the labor agency as it prepares to undertake potential drastic cuts under the auspices of Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency. Rogers previously worked in the WHD during the first Trump administration.
Unum Must Pay Disability Benefits to Worker Citing Covid Vaccine

3 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Rebekah Mintzer

Unum Life Insurance Company of America should grant long-term disability benefits to a manufacturing company worker who claimed he became chronically ill after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine, a Washington federal judge ruled.
Unum Must Pay Disability Benefits to Worker Citing Covid Vaccine

3 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Rebekah Mintzer

Unum Life Insurance Company of America should grant long-term disability benefits to a manufacturing company worker who claimed he became chronically ill after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine, a Washington federal judge ruled.
Trump Picks Insurance Executive as Top DOL Benefits Regulator

2 months ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Rebekah Mintzer |Alex Ruoff

President Donald Trump has selected insurance industry business leader Daniel Aronowitz as the head employee benefits regulator at the US Department of Labor, according to a White House document sent to congressional staff and obtained by Bloomberg Law.
Trump Picks Insurance Executive as Top DOL Benefits Regulator

2 months ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Rebekah Mintzer |Alex Ruoff Exclusive |Alex Ruoff

President Donald Trump has selected insurance industry business leader Daniel Aronowitz as the head employee benefits regulator at the US Department of Labor, according to a White House document sent to congressional staff and obtained by Bloomberg Law.
Labor Department Asks to Pause Fifth Circuit 401(k) Rule Cases

2 months ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Rebekah Mintzer

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Labor Department Asks to Pause Fifth Circuit 401(k) Rule Cases

2 months ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Rebekah Mintzer

The US Labor Department moved to pause two cases before the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit where it is set to defend a Biden retirement account fiduciary rule that rankled Wall Street. The unopposed motions filed Tuesday by Justice Department lawyers cite the need for new Trump administration DOL leaders to have a chance to become “familiar with the issues surrounding the litigation” and to decide how to proceed.
EEOC Acting Chair Calls for Revoking Gender Identity Guidance

2 months ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Rebekah Mintzer

The EEOC’s acting chair is calling for the rescission of agency guidance on workplace gender identity protections while removing nonbinary gender markers from bias charge intake and nixing an app that allowed commission employees to specify their pronouns. The changes will align the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission with a Jan.
Trump Guts Contractor Watchdog’s Anti-Discrimination Authority

Jan 21, 2025 | news.bloomberglaw.com | Rebekah Mintzer |Rebecca Klar

President Donald Trump revoked the executive order underpinning the Labor Department office responsible for ensuring government contractors comply with anti-discrimination law and maintain affirmative action programs.
DOL Proposal Sets New Worker-Ownership Appraisal Standards (1)

Jan 16, 2025 | news.bloombergtax.com | Austin Ramsey |Rebekah Mintzer

Business owners selling their shares in a company to their workers must ensure compliance with a two-part test to ensure employees’ shares are appraised fairly, under a new US Labor Department proposal.