Washington — Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) is threatening performing Labor Secretary Julie Su with a subpoena over her “failure to provide the requested information” on the Department of Labor’s independent contractor rule.
In a letter despatched Aug. 8 to Su, the chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee writes that she submitted three “straightforward” questions for the document after Su’s look earlier than the committee on May 1:
- Since Jan. 20, 2021, what number of situations of misclassification have Wage and Hour Division inspectors discovered? Please present the overall variety of situations throughout every occupation that has been topic to investigation.
- Please present the variety of misclassification enforcement investigations WHD has initiated for every particular business sector since Jan. 20, 2021.
- Has DOL initiated any investigations associated to misclassification primarily based on its coordination with the National Labor Relations Board and the Federal Trade Commission? If so, please present the variety of investigations DOL has undertaken, damaged down by every particular business phase.
“Unfortunately, your responses to these [questions for the record] provided none of the requested data,” Foxx writes. “This information is important because the committee is reviewing DOL’s final independent contractor rule and determining whether and how to legislate on this matter.”
Foxx is requesting solutions to the questions by Aug. 22.
