Multiple sources have reported that yesterday the USDOL sent the proposed final overtime rule to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its mandatory review. If OMB’s review is completed on an expedited basis, DOL could disseminate the proposed final rule to the public by mid-April, with an effective date potentially as early as
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Labor Secretary Details Obama Administration Wage-Hour Agenda at AFL-CIO Convention
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in Department of Labor, Minimum Wage
Newly appointed Labor Secretary Thomas Perez addressed the 2013 AFL-CIO Convention earlier this week, providing details on the Obama Administration’s legislative and administrative wage-hour agenda for the remainder of the President’s second term. The wage-hour agenda likely will be overseen by the President’s new nominee for Wage and Hour Administrator, Dr. David Weil, a professor…
Congress Confirms Perez As Secretary of Labor, Employers Brace for Agenda
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in Department of Labor
After an at times testy and contentious confirmation proceeding, on July 18 the United States Senate confirmed President Obama’s nomination of Thomas Perez as the new Secretary of Labor, replacing the departed Hilda Solis. Some Republican Congressmen had questioned Perez’s conduct in a qui tam action in Minnesota. Mr. Perez’s Senate confirmation vote was…
Obama Taps Civil Rights Attorney to Head DOL
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in Department of Labor, Wage and Hour
Following on the heels of Hilda Solis’ surprising resignation, the President has nominated Thomas E. Perez to serve as the Secretary of Labor during his second term. Mr. Perez, like previously withdrawn Wage-and-Hour Administrator nominee Leon Rodriguez, has a background in public sector work and civil rights litigation, most recently serving as head of…