Punching In: Election Key to Future of DOL Enforcement Strategy

Nov. 2, 2020, 10:01 AM UTC

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers

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Ben Penn: The direction of the U.S. Labor Department’s enforcement agenda is on the ballot Tuesday—and that was true even before the pandemic altered public perceptions of workplace safety.

A second term for President Donald Trump would give Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia an opportunity to solidify his push to provide employers with a more predictable enforcement environment nationwide.

If former Vice President Joe Biden wins, his campaign has signaled he could restore elements of the Obama administration’s worker-focused approach—for example, aggressively targeting ...

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