Emails show labor department struggling to deliver on H-2A ‘one-stop shop’ promise

As mass deportation efforts affected one labor force for farms, DOL boss promised to cut red tape so they could access ...
Opinion

LABOR SEC CHAVEZ-DEREMER: Our plan to rescind the Biden independent contractor rule

Department of Labor releases proposed rule using economic reality test to help employers determine worker classification under Fair Labor Standards Act.
Agri-Pulse

Labor Department overhauls H-2A wage methodology

Labor Department is implementing a new methodology for calculating H-2A wage rates that could save employers an estimated $2.5 billion a year. In an interim final rule to be published in Thursday's ...
FedScoop

Labor Department elevates Mangala Kuppa to full-time CIO

Kuppa has held the acting CIO role since October. She’s also the agency’s chief AI officer and will continue serving in that capacity.
Nextgov

Warren, Sanders push Labor on plans to create a centralized unemployment ‘starting point’

Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., are asking the Labor Department for more information following reporting from Nextgov/FCW that Labor is planning to test out a more ...
Transport Topics

Labor Department Plans to Rescind Independent Contractor Rule

The Department of Labor plans to rescind a controversial independent contractor rule in a move welcomed by truckers. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer announced Feb. 26 a proposed rule under the ...