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U.S. Department of Labor | | May 22, 2020 |
| Reopening Americas Workplaces U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia joined Vice President Mike Pence in Florida and Georgia this week, where they discussed reopening American workplaces safely. |
| Saving Workers, Retires and Plans $3.2 Billion The Department published a final rule that modernizes the delivery of retirement plan information while saving workers, retirees and plans $3.2 billion. |
| Making it Easier to Receive Bonuses The Department announced a final rule that allows employers to offer bonuses or other incentive-based pay to employees whose hours vary from week to week. |
| Supporting Workers Impacted by COVID-19 An additional $26,751,963 in grants will help address workforce impacts of COVID-19 in six states, bringing the total amount awarded to states and territories to $198,221,958. |
| COVID-19 UPDATES AND RESOURCES |
| Release: Secretary Scalia has been added to the White House Coronavirus Task Force. Release: Resources to prevent unemployment insurance fraud or misuse Release: An Arizona school district has paid $1,000 in back wages to an employee who needed to care for her children due to their coronavirus school closure. Release: The U.S. Postal Service will pay $3,680 in back wages to an employee who needed to care for her child due to a coronavirus school closure. Webinars: Guidance on the wage and hour provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act Blog: State occupational licensing reforms |
| | Enforcement Policies Updated OSHA is increasing in-person inspections at all types of workplaces and has revised its previous enforcement policy for recording coronavirus cases. | | |
| | Work Safety Grants Available OSHA will make $11.5 million available in Susan Harwood Training Grants to fund training and education to help workers and employers identify and prevent workplace safety and health hazards, including the coronavirus. | | |
| | New Wage and Hour Rule The Department issued a final rule intended to provide more simplicity and flexibility for retail industry employers related to overtime exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act. | | |
| | OSHA Statement Read excerpts from OSHAs principal deputy assistant secretarys prepared hearing statement on workplace safety and COVID-19. | | |
| | Firm-Fixed Price Contracts The Department awarded contracts to operate four Job Corps centers using a new firm-fixed price approach in Michigan, Wyoming, and New Hampshire, which will strengthen the financial oversight of the Job Corps program by increasing cost certainty. | | |
| | Restoring Accountability Secretary Scalia wrote an op-ed discussing new regulations that advance the President Trumps goal of restoring accountability in Washington. | | |
| COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE HIGHLIGHT |
| COVID-19 Benefit Plans Guidance A Department of Labor notice, jointly issued with the Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service, offers COVID-19 guidance for employee benefit plans. |
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