Labor Department

With Trump's crackdown on DEI, some women fear a path to good-paying jobs will close

5:00am March 20, 2025

Some fear a setback for women and people of color after President Trump revoked a 1965 executive order that required federal contractors to identify and address barriers to employment.

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Immigrant workers are helping investigate labor abuses. Will Trump let them stay?

5:00am January 15, 2025

Under Biden, thousands of workers who experienced wage theft and other abuses have been granted protection from deportation and authorization to work so they can participate in labor investigations.

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House Lawmakers Work Towards Electing New Speaker On Capitol Hill

Trump picks Oregon Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer to lead Labor Department

8:04pm November 22, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon to lead the Labor Department. She was one of a few Republicans who support the pro-union PRO Act.

Judge blocks Biden administration's rule to expand overtime pay for millions

7:05pm November 15, 2024

A federal judge in Texas has blocked a new rule from the Biden administration that would have expanded access to overtime pay to millions more salaried workers across the U.S.

A Biden proposal would raise the threshold under which salaried workers are eligible for overtime pay — but it could face opposition from business groups.

Millions of additional salaried workers could get overtime pay under Biden proposal

3:40pm August 30, 2023

by Scott Horsley

A proposal from the Labor Department would make an estimated 3.6 million salaried workers newly eligible for overtime pay. It covers workers earning less than $55,000 per year.

U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh speaks during the annual North America's Building Trade's Unions Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. on April 6, 2022.

Politics & Government

Labor Secretary Marty Walsh leaves Biden administration to lead NHL players' union

4:40pm February 16, 2023

by Andrea Hsu

Marty Walsh, who's led the Labor Department since March 2021, is leaving the Biden administration. Walsh has been named executive director of the NHL Players' Association.

United Auto Workers members walk in the Labor Day parade' in Detroit, Monday, Sept. 2, 2019.

National

Why We Celebrate Labor Day And Other Facts About The Holiday You Might Not Know

12:53pm September 03, 2021

by Deepa Shivaram

Where did this three-day-weekend come from anyway?

Marty Walsh is seen testifying at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee as part of his nomination to head the Labor Department on Feb. 4 in Washington, D.C. Walsh was confirmed by the Senate as the Lab

Politics & Government

Marty Walsh, Boston Mayor With Union Roots, Confirmed As Labor Secretary At Key Time

8:22pm March 22, 2021

by Sam Gringlas

The former union leader will head the Labor Department at a time when the pandemic has left millions unemployed and raised concerns about workplace safety.

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Princeton University will pay $925,000 in back pay and at least $250,000 in future wages as part of an agreement announced by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Princeton University Agrees To Nearly $1 Million In Back Pay To Female Professors

12:42pm October 13, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

The university has agreed to give back pay to 106 female full professors, but did not admit liability in the U.S. Labor Department's investigation.

A pedestrian walks by a closed shop in Grosse Pointe, Mich., on Thursday. The Labor Department is expected to report on Friday that the U.S. lost millions of jobs last month because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Friday's Jobs Numbers Will Be Brutal But Won't Tell The Whole Story

9:14am May 08, 2020

by Scott Horsley

The Labor Department is expected to report the U.S. lost millions of jobs last month due to the coronavirus. Unemployment likely jumped to its highest level since the Great Depression.

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