Tag: budget requests

Training, enforcement key parts of DOL’s proposed budget

By Tammy Binford Mar 6, 2014 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Mar 6, 2014

The Obama administration’s proposed U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) budget for fiscal year 2015 stresses a continuation of enforcement initiatives from previous years as well as new job training and assistance initiatives. Released on March 4, the budget proposal includes $11.8 billion in discretionary funding for the DOL, $300,000 less than the request in the […]

Job programs, misclassification initiative among DOL budget priorities

By Tammy Binford Apr 11, 2013 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Apr 11, 2013

The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) new budget request pushes programs to help veterans and the long-term unemployed while continuing priorities from previous years, including efforts to fight misclassification of workers as independent contractors. The DOL’s fiscal year 2014 budget requests $12.1 billion in discretionary funding—money Acting Labor Secretary Seth D. Harris said will be […]