Ben Penn

Labor Department leadership scrubbed an unfavorable internal analysis from a new tip pooling proposal, shield…

Sources: DOL released rule to permit restaurant tip sharing over objections of regulatory chief Neomi Rao OMB…

Curtis Ellis, a Trump adviser who accused Democrats of plotting the "liquidation of white, blue-collar workin…

Some workers are declining back pay from the Labor Department because they fear being deported as part of Pre…

The franchising structure itself contributes to fast-food restaurant violations, the official overseeing the …

Buzz of Acosta's Judicial aspirations follows him to Labor Department Some believe secretary's deliberate sty…

An arcane Labor Department office that enforces union disclosure requirements might be revived by Republican …

Donald Trump will soon be able to appoint a new leader of the agency that compiles the jobs data he called "p…

Some employment attorneys woke up Nov. 9 fearing they'd soon be losing the Labor Department as a dependable a…

The fast-food executive whose name is rising to the top of Donald Trump's labor secretary shortlist would nee…

President-elect Donald Trump Dec. 8 named Andrew Puzder, head of the Hardee's and Carl's Jr. burger chains, a…

Large retailers are complying with the Labor Department's new overtime requirements more than a month before …

In anticipation of an imminent final rule and guidance implementing the president's Fair Pay and Safe Workpla…

The top two House Democratic leaders have quietly begun to comply with the spirit of a forthcoming Labor Depa…

It's too soon to judge Donald Trump's Labor Department transition, but the landing team charged with smoothin…

Wage and hour investigations were on the menu at thousands of fast-food franchises during the Obama administr…

The Labor Department faces added pressure to clarify how the use of mobile technology affects when the workda…

The presidential race still hasn't been decided, but worker advocates are already springing into action in an…

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers

Delays in getting a labor secretary confirmed are stalling work at the agency tasked with carrying out much o…

Bloomberg BNA’s 2017 Outlook on Labor & Employment examines the potential shifts in policy at the Labor Depar…

On June 16, Bloomberg Law hosted a Twitter Chat to examine the Department of Labor's new overtime rule. Panel…

Taking Stock with Kathleen Hays and Pimm Fox. GUEST: Ben Penn, Bloomberg BNA Labor reporter, on the Departmen…

The Labor Department, fresh off the release of several major rules, has some key items remaining on its 2016 …