US EditionTrump’s Labor Department Proposes More than 60 Rule Changes in a Push to Deregulate Workplaces
UNITED STATES, JUL 22 – The U.S. Labor Department seeks to cut over 60 workplace rules to reduce costs and expand overtime eligibility to more employees, affecting 3.7 million home care workers, officials said.
- The U.S. Department of Labor is proposing to rewrite or repeal over 60 workplace regulations deemed 'obsolete' to ease burdens on employers.
- One proposal could allow 3.7 million home care workers to earn less than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.
- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration plans to revoke requirements for adequate lighting at construction sites, claiming it doesn't significantly reduce risks.
- OSHA plans to rescind requirements for adequate lighting at construction sites and seeks to exclude protections for workers in inherently risky professions.
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Labor Department to cut workplace regulations and home healthcare minimum wage requirements
The Department of Labor is looking to repeal or rewrite 60 workplace requirements it calls “obsolete.” If approved, these wide-ranging rollbacks would affect working conditions in mines, minimum wage for home healthcare workers, and the standards on exposures to harmful…
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