Labor Department: Gig Workers Are Contractors, Not Employees
It's a common sense but crucial indication of how federal regulators classify workers who earn money through online platforms like Uber and TaskRabbit.
Department of Labor
Labor Department Launches New Licensing Tool for Military Spouses
It's no substitute for abolishing unnecessary licenses, but the effort to ease the burden on military families should call attention to this issue.
Trump Plan to Merge Education, Labor Departments Is Fine, But Won't Amount to Much
Changing the name plates on the front of Washington's many brutalist office buildings won't inject more competition or motivation into those departments.
Is Trump Really Trying to Steal Employees' Tips?
The latest hysterical overreaction to a regulatory rollback
Puzder on Minimum Wage, Automation, and Withdrawing as Trump's Labor Secretary Nominee
The former fast food restaurant CEO says a $15 wage floor steals opportunities from entry-level workers.
Trump's Labor Secretary Tells State Lawmakers: 'Fix Occupational Licensing'
Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta says excessive licensing hinders the American workforce, reduces economic opportunities.
Trump Can Gut Obama-Era Labor Regs Because They Were Never Meant to Last
Unofficial regulations and "guidance documents" passed without any public comment are no way to go about regulating an economy.
Smearing Team Trump
The New York Times' breathlessly covers nominees for the Department of Labor and the FCC, and a potential nominee for the FDA.
Trump's First Week
Four federal departments and one agency that could be shut down first.
Close Them Down!
Donald Trump's picks to head the Department of Labor and Small Business Administration may be good, but the bureaucracies shouldn't exist in the first place.
Judge: Obama Administration's New Overtime Rules an Overreach
Want to change the rules? Go ask Congress.
Federal Regulations Work Overtime To Kill American Prosperity
Overtime rules that reduce worker and employer flexibility will ensure that there are few jobs and less money to go around in the years to come.
Why Obama's New Overtime Regs Will Hurt More Than They Help
Get ready for fewer hours, fewer jobs, and more moonlighting. When labor costs increase, employers buy less of it.
Weak Enforcement Will Blunt the Impact of New York's $15 Minimum Wage
Luckily, the state is incapable of administering a potentially disastrous law.
Obama Administration Doesn't Want Us to Hold Its Overzealous Prosecutions Against Its Targets
A week to try to help ex-prisoners return to communities follows years of relentlessly putting them away.
Millennials Hurt By Occupational Licensing Laws
Young people entering the workforce without a degree or a "rent-seeking" license face low wages, if they can even find a job.
Is Forcing Businesses to Pay Overtime to More Workers Really a Brilliant Idea? No Frigging Way.
Evidence suggests that tightening overtime rules could kill jobs
Obama Administration Big on 'Hot Goods' Orders, Civil Forfeiture for Labor Regulations
Hot goods orders being used by the feds in attack on blueberry growers in the Pacific Northwest.
Fraud Still a Problem with Unemployment Program
$7.7 billion in improper payments in 2013
Dolphins Bullying Scandal Worsened by Labor Regulation
Neither Martin nor Incognito are free to seek a job with another team.
Labor Dept. Extends Minimum Wage, Overtime Rules to Home Health Workers
Regulations will take effect in 2015
Harvest of Power
In 1975, Cesar Chavez and his United Farm Workers union pushed through an unprecedented labor law in California. Now they are reaping the rewards in oppressive control over farming and farm workers.
Sen. McConnell Opposes Obama's Labor Secretary Nominee
Accuses Perez of being a crusading idealogue
Gang of 8's Immigration Reforms Will Give Bureaucrats New Powers to Harass Employers
Under the guise of protecting American workers, it'll make the H-1B program unusable.
Obama Nominating Thomas Perez as Labor Secretary
Government's top-ranking civil rights lawyer
Union That Helped Bring Down Hostess Gets to Snack on Federal Funds
Striking employees now get to chow down on retraining money
Labor Dept. Calculates $5 Billion in Bad Unemployment Payments
For fiscal year 2011-12
Walmart Workers Revolt! (Workers Decline to Participate)
The anti-Walmart movement battles to protect Americans from cheap groceries.
Despite Storm, Jobs Figures Will Be Released Friday
There was much speculation the administration would sit on the numbers