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- Title: Changes in Enforcement Focus Coming to the U. S. Department of Labor: Policy and Practice Issues for Employers.
- Author : Ethical and Regulatory Issues Journal of Legal
- Release Date : January 01, 2011
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 274 KB
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INTRODUCTION Business decision makers in the United States (U.S.) over time have learned that the changing of the guard in the Executive and Legislative branches of the Federal Government can lead to pronounced changes in a number of policy areas. With respect to U.S. Labor Policy, and specifically the enforcement focus of the U.S. Department of Labor, the changes in policy often create apprehension for business decision makers with respect to their internal compliance efforts and possible increases in their exposure to litigation. With the election of President Obama and an initial "super majority" for Democrats in both houses of Congress, employers subject to laws and regulations administered by the United States Department of Labor (DOL) should be preparing for a number of changes. While the election of Republican Scott Brown in Massachusetts ended the Democrat's super majority in the Senate, with the confirmation of President Obama's appointment of Hilda Solis as the new U.S. Secretary of Labor, the enforcement focus of the U.S. DOL under her watch has been made clear--"enforcement of our labor laws will be intensified" (Gurchiek, 2009). While vowing to not completely eliminate voluntary compliance programs initiated by her predecessor, the main focus of the DOL will turn from voluntary compliance programs to enforcement (Leonard, 2009). The purpose of this paper is to identify aspects of DOL's enforcement efforts that employers can expect to see in the near term and policy and practice suggestions to facilitate compliance.
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