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DOL to up minimum wage to $14 per hour for federal contractors
Despite the increase, the rate remains below Biden-era levels, which hit $15 per hour.
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Transport
Seasonal ag truckers from Mexico face same English-language rules, DOL says
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Housing
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Transport
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DOL proposes new joint employer rule
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Industrials
DOL Proposes to Rescind Biden-Era Independent Contractor Rule
"The 2024 final rule creates an ambiguous and difficult-to-interpret standard for determining independent contractor status." The post DOL Proposes to Rescind…
Industrials
DOL moves to repeal independent contractor rule
. A recently released agenda flags the removal of the Biden-era regulation, itself a replacement for guidance from the first Trump administration..
DOL says it's thinking about overtime as it provides timelines for regulations
. The agency published its full Spring 2025 regulatory agenda Thursday, nearly a month after apparently removing an earlier version from a White House website..
OSHA's proposed cuts won't affect enforcement: DOL chief
. A smaller budget will "modernize and streamline" the department, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer said in a recent House committee hearing..
Industrials
DOL orders staff not to enforce Biden-era independent contractor rule
. The Labor Department is still considering whether to rescind the rule, which faces ongoing litigation, it said Thursday..
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. President Donald Trump failed to properly define DEI in his Jan. 20 and Jan. 21 executive orders, Chicago Women in Trades claimed, thus putting its funding a…
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Senators frame Trump's DOL pick as bridge between employers, employees
. Still, Lori Chavez-DeRemer faced bipartisan scrutiny on the PRO Act, "right-to-work" laws, minimum wage policy and the joint employer rule..
