The cost of noncompliance. Onboarding oversights aren’t just administrative noise: A single compliance slipup carries an immediate penalty ranging from $288 to $2,861 per individual form. Equifax’s article breaks down what you need to know about redefined I-9 violations and higher penalty risks for employers. Learn more.
There’s a new (labor) sheriff in town.
The US Senate late Wednesday confirmed (47–41) President Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Labor, Keith Sonderling, ahead of an expected recess scheduled until after the midterm elections.
Sonderling was nominated by the president in June. He was a commissioner of the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) from September 2020 to August 2024, and acting administrator and deputy administrator of the Wage and Hour Division from 2017 to 2020.
Sonderling has been leading the Francis Perkins Building in an acting capacity since April, following the ouster of former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Trump’s first pick to lead the DOL during his second term until she was axed by the president amid an investigation into allegations of contributing to a hostile work environment and engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a member of her security detail, among other accusations, following an anonymous complaint. The agency’s office of the inspector general earlier this month released a report into the allegations against Chavez-DeRemer and that of top officials in her office, noting that it “...
Every couple of years, the same false stories come back. A claim that an election was rigged before a single vote was cast. An old video of violence, stripped of its date and place, presented as b...