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December 27, 2017
News & Commentary

Edward Nasser

The Atlantic reports that the #metoo movement has yet to deliver justice for low-wage workers who are victims of sexual harassment. The piece explains that sexual harassment is rampant in low-wage industries–50% of workers in the restaurant industry reported facing “scary” or “unwanted” sexual advances in a 2014 report–the difficulty in proving claims and risk […]

December 5, 2017
News & Commentary

Maddy Finucane

The Department of Labor has published a proposed change to the rules around tip pooling. In 2011, the Obama Administration clarified the Fair Labor Standards Act regulations to reflect the Wage and Hour Division’s long-standing policy – based on 1974 FLSA amendments – that employers could never require staff to share tips, regardless of whether the employer paid a tipped or full minimum wage. The Trump Administration now proposes to […]

November 28, 2017
News & Commentary

Feyi Lawoyin

Employees of online retailers that are acquired by Walmart face significantly increased premiums for company-sponsored health coverage. As the New York Times reports, the health benefits Walmart provides to the employees of its online retail operations is inferior to those offered by its e-commerce competitors. Some worry that as Walmart expands into the e-commerce space, it could […]

Backhanded Compliment: Acosta Threatens Workers Centers

Nov 20, 2017 Sharon Block

In his hearing before the House Education and Workforce Committee last week, Labor Secretary Alex Acosta issued an ominous warning to worker centers across the country. When asked by Rep. Francis Rooney (R. Fla.) whether the Department of Labor would begin regulating these “union front organizations,” Acosta previewed that DOL may be taking a step […]

October 16, 2017
News & Commentary

Jyoti Jasrasaria

Today, the Department of Labor will announce 23 members of the president’s apprenticeship task force. The Wall Street Journal reports that the group will consist of corporate executives, labor unions, and governors and that the task force will be charged with developing a plan to expand the use of apprenticeships in the United States. “Expanding […]

September 15, 2017
News & Commentary

Maddy Joseph

Google was sued yesterday in a class action alleging that the company pays women less than it pays men for similar work and that the company places women into lesser job tracks. The suit comes on the heels of last week’s New York Times report of salary data detailing how “female employees are paid less than male […]

August 15, 2017
News & Commentary

Maddy Finucane

The Wall Street Journal reports on a “rare instance of agreement between immigration-rights activists and the Trump administration”: activists are applauding the DOL’s suit against an Arizona farm employing H-2A visa-holders. DOL alleged minimum wage violations and substandard living conditions, winning a preliminary injunction in May. Proposed legislation threatens to loosen federal oversight over the […]

July 7, 2017
News & Commentary

Maddy Joseph

The June jobs report was released this morning. There’s coverage here and here. In anticipation of the report, coverage in major papers this week remarked on the economy’s continued slow expansion and the slower-than-last-year jobs growth in the first five months of 2017. The Department of Labor filed a brief defending most of its fiduciary […]

June 11, 2017
News & Commentary

Emily Miller

Lawmakers are moving to reform the H1-B visa program, a hotly contested temporary visa program for specialized workers. According to Politico, Senator Chuck Grassley met with Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta Thursday to discuss the program. In the past, Grassley has stated that the program is “short on enforcement” and has co-sponsored a bill with Senator Dick […]

DOL Withdraws Weil Memos on Misclassification and Joint Employment

Jun 7, 2017 Benjamin Sachs

The Department of Labor announced today that it has withdrawn two memos (so-called Administrator’s Interpretations, or AIs) issued by David Weil’s Wage and Hour Division in 2015 and 2106. The first AI concerned the definition of employment under the Fair Labor Standards Act and helpfully clarified existing law regarding the distinction between employees and independent contractors. […]

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December 27, 2017

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Backhanded Compliment: Acosta Threatens Workers Centers

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DOL Withdraws Weil Memos on Misclassification and Joint Employment