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Rebecca Rainey: The Senate has a lengthy labor to-do list when it returns from August recess—10 nominees are pending for key enforcement positions at the US Labor Department.
Every single leadership position that requires Senate approval below the Secretary and Deputy Secretary slots at the DOL is currently under temporary leadership. A majority of the nominees, including Jonathan Berry to serve as Solicitor of Labor, Andrew Rogers to lead the Wage and Hour Division, and Daniel Aronowitz to head the Employee Benefits Security Administration, are waiting to be brought to the floor for a vote.
The slow pace of confirmations isn’t totally unusual. It took two years to confirm Biden’s wage administrator and over a year to confirm his pick for EBSA. However, Republicans say they’re looking up ways to speed up the process, including changing the rules to reduce debate and procedural votes.
The lack of confirmed leadership hasn’t hindered the Trump administration’s policy work, but it might affect litigation against the agency.
The DOL has proposed rescinding dozens of rules in recent weeks including ending minimum wage and overtime eligibility for certain health aides, canceling the regulations underpinning the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, as well as several guidance documents from various agencies that the administration deemed duplicative or outdated. The...
Tribune News Editor [email protected] TWO Bahamians were indicted in separate US federal districts last week on charges linked to passport fraud and false claims of American citizenship, acc...