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The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, narrowly advanced the nomination of Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su to serve as permanent Secretary of Labor. The...more
President Joe Biden on Monday, January 8, 2024, sent to the Senate the nomination of Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su to serve as permanent DOL Secretary. President Biden previously had signaled his intent to send the...more
The nomination of Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su to serve as permanent DOL Secretary has been returned to the White House after failing to garner sufficient support to clear a path to confirmation by the full Senate,...more
When the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) requests documents during a Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) investigation, compliance is not optional. Indeed, if an employer drags its feet long enough, and repeatedly...more
The office of Wage-Hour Administrator, a vital office in the functioning and direction of the USDOL, has now at long last, been filled. On October 25, 2023, Jessica Looman was confirmed to this post, by a small margin of the...more
The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business. House of Pain. This week, the Buzz was...more
Congress Returns, Eyes Finish Line. The U.S. Senate reconvened this week following its August recess. Meanwhile, members of the U.S. House of Representatives continued to hit the snooze alarm, as they will return to their...more
The debate over the nomination of Julie Su to be U.S. Secretary of Labor continued to play out as she testified at a hearing before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce (EW Committee). Tune in to today's DE...more
Labor Secretary nominee Julie Su continues to face close scrutiny by Republican members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, at least some of whom believe she is not qualified for the position....more
Senate Committee Vets Biden’s Labor Pick. - On April 20, 2023, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held a confirmation hearing on Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su’s nomination to be...more
President Biden has announced that he will nominate Julie Su to succeed outgoing Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh. As we have previously reported, Mr. Walsh will leave his post in mid-March to become the Executive Director of...more
In the wake of the recently-announced and imminent departure of Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh for the National Hockey League Players Association, President Biden is expected to nominate Deputy Secretary of Labor Julie Su as...more
What does that mean for hockey? The news that the National Hockey League Players Association will be hiring U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh as its Executive Director is interesting. What does his hiring mean for the...more
Although not yet officially announced, Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh is expected to leave the Biden Administration soon, to become the Executive Director of the National Hockey League (NHL) Players Association. Secretary...more
In this episode of DE Under 3, our experts are sharing the details of USDOL Secretary of Labor’s intervention in OFCCP v. Convergys case using a special litigation tool, the latest on the rescinding of Trump’s Religious...more
The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Cynthia L. Hackerott. In today’s edition,...more
Last week, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was absent from the meeting of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee – and that spelled good news for the Biden Administration’s nominee to head the Wage and Hour Division...more
You may have missed it, but Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh perked up some ears last week when he discussed possibly raising the FLSA salary threshold for certain exempt employees. In testimony before a Congressional...more
The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more
Will the DOL again seek to raise the minimum salary level for exempt “white collar” employees? In testimony before the House Education and Labor Committee on June 10, 2011, Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh stated that the...more
On January 7, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule that clarified how employers should determine who is an independent contractor and who is an employee for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act...more
On March 22, 2021, former two-term Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Labor in a 68-29 Senate vote. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) supported Walsh’s nomination as Secretary of Labor due in...more
On January 7, the outgoing Trump Administration published regulations that set forth new, more “business-friendly” standards for determining whether a worker was an independent contractor or an employee. The regulations were...more
On April 9, 2021, the White House issued a press release announcing its nomination of Douglas Parker (Parker) for the position of Assistant Secretary for the Occupational and Health Administration (OSHA). Parker is currently...more