Rebecca Rainey

New from me: While economists and policymakers have sounded alarms that workers will someday be replaced by artificial intelligence and automation technology, it’s already underway in critical pieces of infrastructure essential to the US supply chain. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…

The Trump admin has vowed to hold companies accountable for employing undocumented workers But ICE has overwhelmingly focused on arresting workers rather than punishing employers w/@marianne_levine, Aaron Schaffer washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…

News: Trump intends to sign an executive order soon on NCAA'S Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) program that has reaped millions of dollars in revenue for top college athletes, sources told @edokeefe and me.

Congress has delivered one of President Donald Trump's hallmark campaign promises: a tax break for tipped workers. But the federal government’s next task, standing up the new law, may have unintended complications and consequences for workers and businesses. @RebeccaARainey…

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NPR EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Homeland Security, with help from DOGE, has rolled out a tool that purports to be able to check the citizenship status of almost all Americans. From @judejoffeblock @MilesParks npr.org/2025/06/29/nx-…

The Trump administration’s deregulatory push has landed at the US Labor Department, with the agency advancing a slew of proposals to tweak or scrap policies across several of its subagencies. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…

🔥For @bloomberglaw, @MrSethHarris discusses how @Teamsters are fighting for their @UPS members' health and safety while USDOL'S OSHA considers whether all workers should be protected from extreme heat. By @rebeccaklar_ , @RebeccaARainey news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…

@Teamsters are fighting for their members' health and safety while @USDOL'S @OSHA_DOL considers whether all workers should be protected from extreme heat. @RebeccaARainey and @rebeccaklar_ have the story for @Bloomberg with a long-winded quote from me. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…

JUST NOW: House Appropriations Committee PASSES amendment to allow DACA recipients to work and intern in congressional offices in legislative branch funding bill

Breaking: A New York-based federal judge extended a pause on the Trump administration’s efforts to wind down the Job Corps training program while litigation over the move plays out in court. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…

ICYMI from last night: Janet Dhillon has been named acting assistant secretary for the Employee Benefits Security Administration news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…

The Trump Labor Department is advancing proposals to change the agency's child labor and tip-credit regulations, as well as wage rules for domestic service workers. Some of the first major regulatory moves by the DOL in Trump’s second term: news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…

New: The White House budget office is pushing federal agencies to use union project labor agreements, an unexpected move that will be a major win for organized labor and continue a Biden-era policy. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…