Labor Department announces plan to roll back Biden gig worker rule

The Department of Labor proposed a rule on Tuesday that would make it easier for employers to classify workers as independent ...

Labor Dept deploys ‘strike team’ to California over $21B unemployment debt, fraud concerns

Labor Department deploys specialized "strike team" to California over alleged unemployment fraud and $21 billion in improper ...
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Labor Department proposes returning to independent contractor definition under first Trump presidency

DOL proposed a rule that would rescind a rule that changed how employers determine who is an employee and who is an independent contractor.
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Labor Department seeks change to contractor classification regs, again

The Labor Department proposed to rescind the Biden-era classification analysis and reinstate the analysis from the first ...

Labor secretary's husband won't face charges after being banned from Labor Dept. building, sources say

DeRemer's husband was banned from the Labor Department building after agency employees alleged he had touched them inappropriately, sources said.

Chavez-DeRemer faces back-to-back scandals, putting her future at Labor Dept. in doubt

The secretary was already facing calls for her resignation. Recent allegations likely make her political standing even ...

Labor Department watchdog flags more than $900M in unused COVID-era benefits, demands ‘immediate’ return to taxpayers

WASHINGTON — Nearly $1 billion of COVID-19-era unemployment benefits is sitting unused and ripe for fraud, the Labor Department’s official watchdog has warned. The department’s Office of Inspector ...