Executive Order Creates New Opportunities

A new Executive Order that President Trump issued on February 24, 2017, provides stakeholders with new opportunities for pursuing their administrative objectives.[1] The Executive Order requires the “head of each agency” to designate an agency official as its Regulatory Reform Officer (“RRO”) within 60 days of the date of the…
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Coalition’s Recommended DOL Regulatory Priorities for 2017

Rescind Administrator’s Interpretation No. 2015-1 (Jul. 15, 2015), issued by Wage and Hour Division Administrator David Weil – Restating “Economic Realities” Test for Worker Status. This item of administrative guidance was issued outside of the notice and comment rulemaking process created by the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”), without any advance…
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South Dakota Becomes the Latest State to Sign a Worker Misclassification MOU

The U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) recently expanded the reach of its worker misclassification initiative by entering into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with the South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation, Division of Labor and Management. The MOU was signed on May 24, 2016. This…
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