Proposed overtime rule would worsen workforce, resident access issues, provider groups fear
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 31, 2023
A Labor Department-proposed rule that would make approximately 3.6 million more salaried workers and so-called highly compensated employees eligible for overtime pay is “ill-timed” and would worsen...
Labor Department announces new overtime pay threshold
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 30, 2023
The US Department of Labor today proposed a new threshold for overtime pay eligibility.
Retired women more likely to live in poverty than retired men: report
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 26, 2023
Generally speaking, women are more likely to live in poverty in retirement than are men, according to an issue brief released this month from the Women’s Bureau of the Department of Labor. Additionally,...
US unemployment claims drop to 10-week low after a state adjusts for fraud
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 26, 2023
The number of national unemployment claims reported earlier this month was significantly lower than originally reported by the Department of Labor following a fraud investigation by the Massachusetts Department...
OSHA looks to strengthen safety, health management program
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 15, 2023
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is looking to modernize, improve and expand the agency’s Voluntary Protection Programs, which recognizes employers and employees committed to safety...
Proposed OSHA rule would double time for employees to report suspected employer criminal antitrust...
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 17, 2023
An interim final rule published by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration, if finalized as currently written, would give employees twice as much time as they have now to report suspected criminal...
25 attorneys general sue Labor Department over ESG rule
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 01, 2023
Twenty-five Republican state attorneys general have filed a lawsuit challenging the Department of Labor’s new rule that allows plan fiduciaries to consider climate change and other environmental, social...