Pursuant to a controversial new rule passed by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), “Labor Organization Annual Financial Reports for Trusts in Which a Labor Organization Is Interested,” unions must disclose how certain union-controlled trusts spend and invest their funds.

The rule requires unions with revenue in excess of $250,000 to file annual reports (Form

Alexander Acosta was confirmed on Thursday to serve as President Donald J. Trump’s Secretary of Labor.  Acosta was approved by a vote of 60-38, according to Employment Law360.

Acosta has held several government positions, having been an NLRB Member, head of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, and United States Attorney in South

President Donald Trump has nominated R. Alexander Acosta to be Secretary of Labor. His nomination comes one day after Andrew Puzder, Trump’s first pick to lead the Department of Labor, withdrew his nomination.

Acosta, currently the Dean of Florida International University’s law school, is the son of Cuban immigrants. If confirmed, Acosta would be the

The confirmation hearing for Secretary of Labor-nominee Andrew Puzder before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee will take place on February 16, according to Politico.

The hearing has been delayed four times. The last one, scheduled for February 7, was put off “indefinitely” because the HELP committee had not received the

For the fourth time, Secretary of Labor nominee Andrew Puzder’s hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee has been postponed, this time indefinitely, according to Politico.  The Wall Street Journal reports the postponement  is the result of “persistent questions about his ethics and financial paperwork” and that the hearing will

The confirmation hearing for Secretary of Labor nominee Andrew Puzder before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee has been rescheduled from February 2 to February 7. No reason has been announced.

Senator Patty Murray (D. WA) released a letter in which she asked Puzder “when the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP)

According to an announcement on the Department of Labor’s website, Edward Hugler is Acting Secretary of Labor.

Hearings before the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee on President Donald Trump’s nomination of Andrew Puzder to be Secretary of Labor will not take place until February 2.

Hugler has been with the Labor Department for