LABOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/ALEXANDER ACOSTA: “The Labor Department began taking steps Wednesday [6-7-17] to roll back high-profile Obama administration policies, days ahead of President Donald Trump’s planned visit to the department to outline worker-training initiatives.
Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta told members of Congress Wednesday the department would begin rewriting overtime regulations within weeks, while also announcing the withdrawal of guidance that broadened the definition of when multiple employers could be responsible for the same worker.
Many businesses were eager to see the moves after Mr. Trump’s election.
Mr. Acosta, however, also gave the green light for a retirement-savings rule the prior administration had written and goes into partial effect Friday. Many members of the financial-industry and Republicans in Congress had wanted to see that regulation quashed as well.
Mr. Trump plans to visit the department on June 14 to announce steps to expand apprenticeship programs and accreditation for vocational programs and community colleges, Reed Cordish, a senior White House adviser said during a panel discussion Wednesday at the Business Roundtable, a corporate trade group.”
-Eric Morath and Nick Timairaos, “Labor Department Turns Back Obama-Era Policies,” The Wall Street Journal online, June 7, 2017 07:29pm