• Secretary Mentions
  • What you need to know about new overtime rule that will benefit millions (Washington Post)
  • 401(k) Advice, Overtime Rules Poised to Reprise Obama-Era Fights (Bloomberg Law)
  • Millions more salaried US workers are set to be eligible for overtime pay starting July 1 (Associated Press)
  • Biden administration expands overtime pay to cover 4.3 million more workers. Here’s who qualifies. (CBS News)
  • Workers earning less than $58K a year could soon become eligible for overtime pay (CNBC)
  • New Biden administration overtime rule increases pay for millions of workers (United Press International)
  • 4 million people will become eligible for overtime pay under expanded Biden admin rule (Cleveland.com)
  • Biden administration expands overtime, millions more will be eligible for extra pay (PennLive)
  • Millions of salaried employees could soon be eligible for overtime pay (Scripps News)
  • Biden makes 4 million more workers eligible for overtime pay (Virginia Dogwood)
  • Biden extends overtime pay for nearly 4.3 million salaried workers (KRLD-AM 1080 Dallas)
  • A new rule will grant overtime pay to 4 million US workers (WPXI-TV NBC 11 Pittsburgh)
  • Millions Of Salaried Workers To See Bigger Paychecks With New Overtime Rule (WXTK-FM 95.1 Yarmouth)
  • (B) Millions Of Salaried Workers Will Soon Be Qualifying For Overtime Pay (KOA-AM 850 Denver)
  • New Biden admin rule could ‘hamper’ Americans’ ability to save for retirement (FOX Business)
• DOL News Releases / News and Opinion
  • Department of Labor recovers nearly $85K in owed wages for 32 mobile home transportation drivers, laborers misclassified as independent contractors
  • Department of Labor highlights more than 1,000 planned clean energy projects with potential for good-paying jobs on new interactive map
  • Vermont restaurant retaliated against server, underpaid workers, violated child labor provisions, US Department of Labor investigation finds
• Employment
  • Department of Labor launches map for clean energy projects, job opportunities (WTNH-TV ACB 8 New Haven)
• Unemployment
  • Whirlpool Is Cutting 1,000 Jobs as US Appliance Demand Remains Stagnant (Bloomberg)
  • Google fires more workers over in-office protests (FOX Business)
  • Google Fires an Additional 20 Employees Over Israel Protest (KABC-AM 790 Los Angeles)
  • [MA] WBUR lays off seven employees, as 24 staffers take buyouts (Boston Globe)
  • [IL] Dom’s, Foxtrot parent hit with WARN Act lawsuit over abrupt closure (Chicago Tribune)
  • [WA] Yakima’s unemployment rate stands at third highest in Washington State (KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima)
  • [CA] California is trying again to extend unemployment benefits to workers on strike (Los Angeles Times)
  • [CA] California labor tries again to get unemployment pay for striking workers. Can state afford it? (Sacramento Bee)
• Apprenticeship
  • [MI] Kuhn votes against new apprenticeship requirement for state construction projects (Michigan House Republicans)
  • [GU] New Guam youth apprenticeship program launched with hotel partners (Marianas Variety)
• Labor
  • How US changes to ‘noncompete’ agreements and overtime pay could affect workers (Associated Press)
  • [NC] How overtime, noncompete changes could affect Charlotte workers (WSOC-TV ABC 9 Charlotte)
  • Most nursing homes don’t have enough staff to meet the federal government’s new rules (National Public Radio)
  • More than a third of US workers worried about AI taking over jobs (The Hill)
  • Job Seekers Press Pause on Parenthood: Survey Highlights Work/Life Balance as Top Priority (PR Newswire)
  • [AL] Alabama’s March labor force participation rate holds steady at 57.4% (Sand Mountain Reporter)
  • [CA] Fast food chains find a way around $20 minimum wage: Get rid of the workers (Washington Times)
• Child Labor
  • Climate Change Poses a Child Labor ‘Threat Multiplier’ (Bloomberg)
  • [VT] Bradford restaurant fined $290K for labor violations, retaliation (WCAX-TV CBS 3 Burlington)
  • [CO] House Advances Legislation to Increase Penalties for Child Labor Violations (Colorado House Democrats)
• Immigration
  • Amazon has suspended new US Green Card applications for foreign workers, leaked memo shows (Business Insider)
  • ‘We’re not criminals, we’re workers’: Day laborers say sometimes they have no other work options (KSL-TV NBC 5 Salt Lake City)
  • [MO] Could newly arrived migrants legally work in Kansas City? It’ll depend on their status (Kansas City Star)
• Working Women
  • The rise of the ‘tradwife’ — why some women say they are opting out of work (CNBC)
  • Meet the typical new entrepreneur: A young woman living in the South who’s doing it as a side hustle (Business Insider)
• Wages & Compensation
  • Are you still earning enough to be middle class? Check these new tables (The Hill)
  • [DE] Bill to give districts a choice in paying prevailing wage for school construction projects stalls in Delaware House leadership committee (Delaware State News)
• Minimum Wage
  • [ME] Bill to create a minimum wage for agricultural workers in Maine vetoed by Gov. Mills (Spectrum News)
  • [ME] Farming community reacts to governor’s minimum wage veto (WCSH-TV NBC 6 Portland)
  • [MI] Michigan Supreme Court will weigh in on state minimum wage (WWJ-TV CBS 62 Detroit)
  • [LA] Lawmakers kill minimum pay raise in Louisiana, where one in five people live in poverty (Shreveport Times)
• Overtime
  • New Overtime Rule Raises Salary Level in Two Phases (Society for Human Resource Management)
  • Millions of salaried workers to become eligible for overtime under new Biden rule (Maryland Matters)
  • More than 4 million salaried workers made eligible for overtime pay (WILX-TV NBC 10 Onondaga)
  • (B) New Biden Rule Extends Overtime Pay (KVOA-TV NBC 4 Tucson)
  • (B) Forced To Work Unpaid Overtime, Rules Are About To Change (WBBM-AM 780 Chicago)
• Paid Leave
  • [CT] Connecticut House votes to expand state’s paid sick leave requirement for all employers by 2027 (Associated Press)
  • [CT] Expanded paid leave for 1.6 million workers expected to pass CT House of Representatives (Connecticut Insider)
  • [CT] CT paid sick leave expansion passes House; heads to Senate next (Connecticut Mirror)
  • [CT] Connecticut lawmakers debate expanding paid leave (WTNH-TV ABC 8 New Haven)
  • [CT] House approves expanded paid sick leave to cover all workers (WVIT-TV NBC 30 New Britain)
  • [NY] New state budget requires NY employers to give paid leave for prenatal care (WXXI-FM 91.5 Rochester)
  • [GA] Supporters of paid family leave for state workers applaud new Georgia law (Georgia Recorder)
  • [AL] Alabama legislators cut back teacher paid parental leave bill (Alabama.com)
  • [OR] Pay delays persist for Oregon Employment Department months after new site launch (KOIN-TV CBS 6 Portland)
• Worker’s Compensation
  • [WV] West Virginia Chief Justice Armstead issues dissent to groundbreaking workers’ comp ruling (West Virginia News)
  • [AL] Proposed bill would give all school employees worker’s compensation benefits (WAFF-TV NBC 48 Huntsville)
• Employee Misclassification
  • [CA] Uber is crying wolf yet again to try to get out of protecting its workers (The Sacramento Bee)
• Wage Violations
  • [VT] Vermont restaurant pays damages, back wages, after Department of Labor investigation (WPTZ-TV NBC 5 Burlington)
  • [MA] Northbridge Company Settles Wage Violations for $190,000 (This Week in Worcester)
  • [NY] New Windsor strip joint sued for wage violations (Westfair Business Journal)
• Worker Safety
  • SpaceX Worker Injury Rates Are Alarmingly High for Second Year in a Row (Inc.)
  • Business, worker advocacy groups spar over heat rules (Business Insurance)
  • [PA] Hanover Foods fined over $700,000 for exposing employees to chemicals at PA plant (WJET-TV ABC 24 Erie)
  • [PA] Central Hall Hanover Foods plant fined by OSHA for exposing employees to chemicals (WTAJ-TV CBS 10 Altoona)
  • [GA] OSHA Investigating Car Injuries On Eddie Murphy’s Amazon Movie Set (Forbes)
  • [FL] Man’s death in South Florida heat prompts federal investigation into company that employed him (Palm Beach Post)
  • [IL] Woman dies in forklift accident at Goodfield plant (WGLT-FM 89.1 Normal)
  • [IL] Pekin woman dies after industrial accident in Goodfield (WMBD-TV CBS 31 Peoria)
  • (B) [IL] Deadly Workplace Accident (WEEK-TV NBC 25 Peoria)
  • [TX] OSHA closes investigation of workplace death at Austin airport last fall; no fine issued (Austin American-Statesman)
  • [TX] No fine issued after OSHA ends investigation into Austin airport employee’s death in October (KVUE-TV ABC 24 Austin)
  • [CA] Geyserville Man Identified as Victim of Healdsburg Tractor Death (KSRO-AM 1350 Santa Rosa)
• Veteran
  • Crane whistleblower claims Army, Navy retaliated against him; may testify before Congress (The Herald-Times)
  • [NV] Cortez Masto cosponsors bill that would increase benefits to Nevada veterans (KOLO-TV ABC 8 Reno)
• Union
  • Remarks by President Biden at the North America’s Building Trades Unions National Legislative Conference (The White House)
  • Starbucks and Union Restart Contract Talks After Bitter Standoff (New York Times)
  • Starbucks resumes bargaining with union after two sides thaw relationship (CNBC)
  • The Volkswagen Union Win Shows That Labor Is Becoming a Bigger Tent (New York Times)
  • [GA] Kemp signs bill requiring secret union votes at companies receiving incentives (The Center Square)
  • [TN] The UAW’s decade-long fight to form a union at VW’s Chattanooga plant (National Public Radio)
  • [TN] UAW’s Tennessee win fuels backers’ hopes in the South, but some skeptics are unmoved (NBC News)
  • [TN] A unionized Volkswagen plant in Tennessee could mean big things for workers nationwide (VOX)
  • [AL] Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama might get a third try at unionizing (National Public Radio)
  • [AL] Why some Alabama Mercedes-Benz workers oppose union: ‘There’s no way I’d bring the UAW in’ (Alabama.com)
• Law & Compliance
  • Business Groups Sue to Stop F.T.C. From Banning Noncompete Clauses (New York Times)
  • Groups sue to block FTC’s new rule barring noncompete agreements (Washington Post)
  • Business Groups Race to Block FTC’s Ban on Noncompete Agreements (Wall Street Journal)
  • Chamber of Commerce Sues to Block FTC’s Non-Compete Ban (Bloomberg)
  • Chamber, business groups sue FTC to block noncompete ban (The Hill)
  • Plaintiff Trying to Reverse Noncompete Ban Is Trump’s Tax Adviser (American Prospect)
  • Business groups are fighting to keep your non-competes on the books (Business Insider)
  • The FTC banned noncompetes. What that means for workers and companies. (Washington Post)
  • The FTC Decrees: No More Non-Compete Agreements (Wall Street Journal)
  • Workers Are Celebrating a Ban on Noncompetes. Employers Are Ready to Fight. (Wall Street Journal)
  • Noncompetes Were Never About Sandwich Art (Bloomberg)
  • FTC Ban on Noncompetes Is a Victory for the US Economy (Bloomberg)
  • The FTC is banning noncompete agreements. Did your job search just get easier? (MarketWatch)
  • 5 things workers should know about the new federal ban on noncompete agreements (CBS News)
  • The FTC noncompete ruling will narrow the gender gap in entrepreneurship (Fortune)
  • (B) Ban On Noncompetes Could Affect 1 In 5 Workers (WBOY-TV ABC 12 Clarksburg)
  • (B) It May Be Easier For Some Workers Going From One Job To Another (WIOD-AM 610 Miami)
  • Congress should close this labor union loophole (Washington Examiner)
  • [MI] Trucker’s FLSA Retaliation and State Whistleblower Complaints Revived (Society for Human Resource Management)
  • [WA] Starbucks loses appeal over union election at Seattle store (Reuters)
  • [WA] Starbucks Loses Union Battle At Flagship Store Amid Ongoing Labor Fight (Forbes)
• Family and Medical Leave
  • [CT] House Republicans Stretch Out Debate, But Democrats Send Paid Time Off Law To Senate (Connecticut News Junkie)
• Retirement
  • About 1 in 4 US adults 50 and older who aren’t yet retired expect to never retire, AARP study finds (Associated Press)
  • Social Security’s COLA formula could change under new proposal — and mean higher benefits for seniors (MarketWatch)
  • Lawmakers push Wall Street giveaway disguised as increased worker security (The Hill)
  • DOL’s Final Fiduciary Rule Has Arrived (Forbes)
  • DOL’s fiduciary rule is now final, but critics say, ‘Is it in savers’ best interests?’ (Benefits Pro)
  • Secure 2.0 Act provisions would offer workers easier access to emergency savings (Benefits Pro)
  • Fiduciary Rule Regs May Cut $5,000 in Annual Fees per Annuity Pro: DOL (Think Advisor)
• Trade
  • U.S. solar companies, imperiled by price collapse, demand protection (Washington Post)
• National
  • Surging auto insurance rates squeeze drivers, fuel inflation (Associated Press)
  • US growth likely slowed last quarter but still pointed to a solid economy (Associated Press)
  • Slow, but solid US economic growth anticipated in Q1; inflation likely heats up (Reuters)
  • Biden to announce preliminary deal with Micron for up to $6.14 bln in chip grants (Reuters)
  • For years, manufacturing left the U.S. Now, it’s begun to come home. Here are 5 things to know. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

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