The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division has recently proposed rules related to independent contractors and joint employers, but it is still facing more than a half-dozen court challenges to wage rules from the prior administration.
The Trump administration tried to shield too many documents from public view in a lawsuit challenging its cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other agencies, a California federal judge ruled, siding with a labor-led coalition in a dispute over the administration's motion for a protective order.
Experts are split on whether any consequences will come from a legal advocacy group's push for an investigation over its claims that the chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has politicized the agency. Here’s a look at what attorneys are saying about the recent Virginia bar complaint.