Departments of Labor

• | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Celebrate Mother’s Day By Increasing the Availability of Flexible Work | Discourse

• • Liya Palagashvili
• May 12, 2024

• | Labor Markets Labor Markets
• | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Why Is the Biden Administration Trying To Drag Workers Back to the 1950s?

• • Michael D. Farren
• April 23, 2021

• | Labor Markets Labor Markets
• | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments

Evaluating the Department of Labor’s Withdrawal of the Independent Contractor Rule

• • Michael D. Farren
  • Liya Palagashvili
• April 13, 2021

Public Interest Comment Submitted to the US Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division

• | Labor Markets Labor Markets
• | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments

Delay of the Independent Contractor Rule Would Undermine Clarity and Harm Economic Recovery

• • Liya Palagashvili
  • Michael D. Farren
• February 25, 2021

• | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments

Exploring the Consequences of Worker Reclassification Proposals

• • Michael D. Farren
  • Trace Mitchell
• October 27, 2020

• | Labor Markets Labor Markets
• | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments

Four Recommendations for Analyzing the Department of Labor’s Proposed Rule on Employees vs. Independent Contractors

• • Liya Palagashvili
• October 27, 2020

• | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

The Labor Department's Independent Contractor Rule Is Good — Congress Can Make It Better

• • Michael D. Farren
  • Trace Mitchell
• October 23, 2020

• | Government Spending Government Spending
• | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments

Poor Americans Will Suffer from a Paid Leave Mandate

• • Veronique de Rugy
• September 14, 2020

• | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
• | Labor Markets Labor Markets
• | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Labor Market Shrugs Off Strikes, But the Blade Runner Economy Isn’t Here Yet

• • Michael D. Farren
• November 1, 2019

Tight labor markets mean good conditions for bargaining, but also possibly more automation

• | Government Spending Government Spending
• | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Yet More Good News for American Workers

• • Michael D. Farren
• August 2, 2019

• | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Good news on the job front, if you're willing to move

• • Bruce Yandle
• February 21, 2019

• | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
• | Regulation Regulation
• | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments

Comment on the Department of Labor's Overtime Rule

• • Liya Palagashvili
• September 27, 2017

Letter Submitted to the Wage and Hour Division, US Department of Labor

• | Regulation Regulation
• | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs

Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service

• February 14, 2012

Proposed Rule

• | Regulation Regulation
• | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs

Definition of Fiduciary

• October 21, 2011

Proposed Rule

• | Regulation Regulation
• | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs

Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H2-B Program

• April 25, 2011

Proposed Rule

• | Regulation Regulation
• | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs

Lowering Miners' Exposure to Respirable Coal Mine Dust

• February 7, 2011

Proposed Rule

• | Regulation Regulation
• | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs

Proposed Standard for Walking and Working Surfaces

• November 3, 2010

Proposed Rule

• | Regulation Regulation
• | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs

Hazard Communications Standard

• November 1, 2010

Proposed Rule

• | Regulation Regulation
• | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs

Class Exemption for Provision of Investment Advice, Notice of Proposed Class Exemption

• June 17, 2010

Proposed Rule

• | Regulation Regulation
• | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs

Investment Advice - Participants and Beneficiaries

• • Jerry Brito
• June 14, 2010

Proposed Rule