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Top Issues for an Acosta Labor Department: Overtime, Gig Workers and the Fiduciary Rule

By Victoria Roberts
May 02, 2017

Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta, who was confirmed by the Senate late last month, is a veteran government official who is set to hit the ground the running. What direction can labor and employment attorneys expect him to take the agency charged with enforcing many of the nation's workplace laws, and what are issues to watch in the early days? My colleagues and I at Bloomberg Law have been following the nomination, and here's what we know.

'Street Cred'

Clues to Acosta's enforcement approach can perhaps be found by looking back, as he comes to the position with some serious D.C. street cred. He served in three Senate-confirmed jobs during the George W. Bush administration: National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member, Department of Justice (DOJ) assistant attorney general for civil rights, and U.S. attorney in the Southern District of Florida. When nominated by President Donald Trump in February, Acosta was the law school dean at Florida International University.

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