Punching In: Labor Department Eyes Trade Wages, Union Oversight

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers

USMCA Pay Police | Post Office Apocalypse | The Price of Paid Leave

Ben Penn: Let’s take a spin around the Labor Department’s regulatory docket, as agencies ramp up efforts to close the book on pending rules during President Donald Trump’s first term:

Trade Enforcement: The Wage and Hour Division slipped into its budget proposal last week the first public notice that it will be implementing a small but crucial portion of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. It concerns the “Labor Value Content” provision in the trade deal’s chapter on Rules of Origin. This ...