MORE THAN $450 million in cuts to US Labor Department contracts, grants, and office leases planned by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency will put American workers at risk by making it harder to enforce laws that require employers to maintain safe workplaces, pay minimum wages and overtime, and provide job-protected family and medical leave, among other basic employment protections, Rebecca Rainey reports.
- DOGE aims to cancel grants from the DOL’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs for a savings of about $237 million. It also seeks to shutter 87 DOL offices nationwide to save an estimated $23 million and terminate ...
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