Trump taps acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling for permanent role pending Senate confirmation
Trump taps acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling for permanent role pending Senate confirmation (foxnews); Trump nominates Keith Sonderling to permanent role of labor secretary (theguardian) (sources: foxnews, theguardian, cbsnews, thehill)
Trump taps acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling for permanent role pending Senate confirmation (foxnews); Trump nominates Keith Sonderling to permanent role of labor secretary (theguardian)
- Trump taps acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling for permanent role pending Senate confirmation (foxnews)
- Trump nominates Keith Sonderling to permanent role of labor secretary (theguardian)
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HR2550 · 119th Congress
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This story is about Trump taps acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling for permanent role pending Senate confirmation. This bill would nullify the executive order excluding certain agencies from federal labor-management relations programs.
If passed, it would:
- Nullify the executive order excluding certain agencies from federal labor-management relations programs • Preserve covered collective-bargaining agreements that were in effect on March 26, 2025, through their stated terms.
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This story is about Trump taps acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling for permanent role pending Senate confirmation. This bill would set a federal legal standard for deciding when a worker is an employee versus an independent contractor under labor laws.
If passed, it would
- Set a federal legal standard for deciding when a worker is an employee versus an independent contractor under labor • Affect coverage for minimum wage, overtime, and collective-bargaining protections.
This story is about Trump taps acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling for permanent role pending Senate confirmation. This bill would narrow when one business would be treated as a joint employer of another business’s workers under the NLRA and FLSA.
If passed, it would
- Narrow when one business can be treated as a joint employer of another business’s workers under the NLRA and FLSA • Reduce joint-employer exposure unless a firm directly and immediately exercises significant control over core.
This story is about Trump taps acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling for permanent role pending Senate confirmation. This bill would broaden the FLSA definition of a tipped employee without regard to duties performed during the work period.
If passed, it would
- Broaden the FLSA definition of a tipped employee without regard to duties performed during the work period • Let employers determine the work period used for that tipped-employee calculation.
This story is about Trump taps acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling for permanent role pending Senate confirmation. This bill would authorize grants to expand outreach and student support for registered apprenticeship colleges in construction and.
If passed, it would
- Authorize grants to expand outreach and student support for registered apprenticeship colleges in construction and • Require the Secretary of Education to consult with the Secretary of Labor on the grant program.
This story is about Trump taps acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling for permanent role pending Senate confirmation. This bill would establish federal protections for warehouse workers, including rules touching quotas and monitoring practices.
If passed, it would
- Establish federal protections for warehouse workers, including rules touching quotas and monitoring practices • Add Department of Labor enforcement and interagency complaint-referral mechanisms.
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