All Department of Labor articles
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News BriefBiden executive order aims to cut AI risk while boosting safe use
Companies that design powerful artificial intelligence systems must perform safety tests on the programs and share results with the U.S. government under a sweeping executive order intended to make AI safe while furthering robust innovation.
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ArticleOSHA widens enforcement scope with severe violator program update
More companies and industries are at risk of falling under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program now that the Labor Department agency has broadly expanded its enforcement scope.
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ArticleExxonMobil to pay reinstated employees $800K in OSHA whistleblower ruling
Oil and gas giant ExxonMobil must reinstate two previously fired employees and pay them more than $800,000 in back wages, interest, and compensatory damages after the Occupational Safety and Health Administration determined the terminations to be illegal.
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ArticleWells Fargo ordered to pay ex-manager $22M in SOX whistleblower case
Wells Fargo must pay more than $22 million to a former senior banking executive who alleged to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration they were retaliated against for blowing the whistle on financial misconduct.
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ArticleOSHA will handle antitrust, AML retaliation claims from whistleblowers
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will oversee worker retaliation claims for two new categories of whistleblowers—antitrust and anti-money laundering.
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ArticleWhat would a Democratic regulatory agenda look like under Biden?
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is no lock to win the presidency on Nov. 3. But it’s worth examining what compliance-related regulatory policies he’d support if he wins.
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ArticleLabor Dept. revives fiduciary rule with new proposal
The U.S. Department of Labor announced the proposal of a new exemption for investment advice fiduciaries designed to replace retirement-focused fiduciary rules made invalid two years ago.
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ArticleLabor Department enforcement action comes with compliance warning
Lloyd Industries has been ordered to pay $1 million in lost wages and punitive damages to two former employees who were fired in retaliation for their participation in a federal safety investigation, the Department of Labor announced.
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AICPA develops new benefit plan auditing standards
With new professional standards soon to be finalized, auditors are working on a plan to improve the quality of employee benefit plan audits.
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Former OFCCP Director Ondray Harris joins Hunton Andrews Kurth
Ondray Harris, former director of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, has joined global law firm Hunton Andrews Kurth in the firm’s national labor and employment practice as special counsel in Washington.
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Labor Dept. encourages self-reporting of wage violations
The Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor has announced a new initiative intended to encourage self-reporting of wage and hour violations.
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Labor Dept. proposal triggers a battle over employee gratuities
In December, the Department of Labor announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to allow tip-pooling. Critics say the change to existing gratuity laws and practices is misguided and the rulemaking process hid away an unfavorable economic analysis.
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Judge kills Obama administration's overtime rule
Judge Amos Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas has invalidated the Obama administration’s controversial rules regarding overtime pay. The Labor Department was already considering a reproposal prior to the decision.
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Labor Department will rethink lingering overtime rule
The Department of Labor has published a Request for Information regarding a controversial overtime rule, a holdover from the Obama Administration. The agency is seeking public comments about the rule and who is, or is not, entitled to overtime pay.
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Government takes break from trying to kill fiduciary rule to defend it
The Labor Department has found itself in the awkward position of defending the controversial “fiduciary rule” in court while a series of repeal-minded efforts are underway.
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Labor Department sets repeal of ‘persuader rule’ in motion
The Department of Labor is moving forward with efforts to rescind a rule that would have required disclosure of agreements between employers and labor-management consultants.
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Legislation seeks to outlaw ‘micro-unions’
The Representation Fairness Restoration Act seeks to prohibit unions from forming individual bargaining units within the same company that include as few as two or three workers.
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Bill seeks to restore OSHA recordkeeping rules
Democrats in both chambers of Congress have sponsored legislation to reinstate OSHA recordkeeping rules that were nullified by President Trump in April using the Congressional Review Act.
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Obama’s ‘fiduciary duty’ rule may be living on borrowed time
Free-market advocates are gaining traction to overturn the Obama administration’s rule that places additional responsibilities upon financial services representatives.
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Government signals H-1B visa crackdown
Tech companies that rely on a specialized visa program to fill highly skilled jobs can expect to face more intense scrutiny from government agencies.