DOL's Wage and Hour Division Seeks Input on Proposed Worker Classification Survey
The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is seeking public comments on the agency’s proposal to collect information “about employment experiences and workers’ knowledge of basic employment laws and rules so as to better understand employees’ experience with worker misclassification.” According to a notice published in the January 11, 2013 edition of the Federal Register, the proposed Worker Classification Survey is intended to “provide critical information to Department policymakers on whether workers have knowledge of their employment classification and whether they understand the implications of their classification status.” A copy of the proposal can be obtained by contacting Karen Livingston, the WHD’s director of the Division of Strategic Planning and Performance, at (202) 693-0023.
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