October 19th 2021
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Today is Labor Day in the United States. And, as on every Labor Day, it is worth pausing to note the oddity—and the irony—of the United States celebrating the holiday on the first Monday in September, rather than the first day of May. The notion of a...
Labor Secretary Marty Walsh and United Steelworkers President Tom Conway are kicking off the USW's "We Supply America" bus tour to advocate for the current congressional infrastructure bill. The bus tour partly hopes to highlight the connection between...
The Senate voted on Tuesday to approve Julie Su as the United States Deputy Labor Secretary, the second highest ranking position in the Department of Labor. Su, the daughter of Chinese immigrants, was previously serving as the Labor Secretary for the state of...
The House of Representatives released a draft appropriations bill for the Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services for the 2021-22 fiscal year. The bill would allocate $14.7 billion to Labor, a more than $2 billion increase over 2021 and $400...
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Labor announced the launch of a $1.5 million funding program designed to ensure that women workers are equipped to exercise their rights at work. The initiative, administered by the Department’s Women’s Bureau and called Fostering...
Over the weekend, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by over 100 employees of a Texas hospital who were seeking to challenge their employer’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement. The complaint alleged that the hospital system had unlawfully forced its...
The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) has published its long-awaited emergency temporary standard (ETS) to its website this morning. The rule mandates that covered employers implement comprehensive COVID-19 safety plans, install barriers...
This morning, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its May jobs report. It determined that 559,000 jobs were created or restored in May—around double that of April—and the unemployment rate declined by 0.3 percentage points to 5.8 percent. Labor force...
The Department of Labor is approaching a decision on how to allocate $2 billion of funding appropriated by Congress as part of the American Rescue Plan. Although the funds are generally designated for unemployment insurance administration, DoL has significant...
At a business-journalism conference yesterday, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh spoke out strongly against worker misclassification. Secretary Walsh referred to misclassifying gig workers as one of the "most serious issues" undermining the economy, denying workers...
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who killed George Floyd last summer, was convicted by a jury on all three of the charges against him -- second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and manslaughter. Chauvin’s sentencing is scheduled...
On Wednesday, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) unveiled a draft proposal for a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s unemployment insurance (UI) program. Among other things, the proposed bill would require states to offer a minimum 26 weeks...