the agency's approach to tackling workers' misclassification as independent contractors and employees' freedom to join unions, while also addressing job recovery. During a four-hour testimony before the House Committee on Education and Labor to discuss the DOL's request for a $118 million increase in its 2023 budget, Walsh responded to several committee members who questioned the department's approach to regulating worker classification. He told the committee that the agency's goal is to protect workers, not work against companies. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, pictured, defended his agency's. . .

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