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Net Zero WHD Hiring|Heat Rule Redux

Rebecca Rainey: A Biden administration hiring initiative aimed at bolstering the ranks of investigators at the US Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division appears to have been fruitless.

A year and a half into the hiring spree, the agency’s staffing level is almost exactly the same.

At the end of June, the wage division had 758 investigators on board, according to data provided by the DOL. That’s a net gain of one investigator since the agency announced the initiatve in January 2022.

Agency leaders said they ...

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