T-Rump: Working for the Average American

Employers who cheat their workers or endanger their lives now have one less thing to worry about, courtesy of the GOP Congress.

Senate Republicans voted Monday to kill an executive order issued by former President Barack Obama known as the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces rule. The 49-48 vote, with all Democrats opposed, eliminates a regulation issued late in Obama’s presidency that would have made it harder for companies to secure federal contracts if they have a documented history of wage theft or workplace hazards.

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Studies have shown that many federal contractors routinely break workplace laws, and many continue to receive contracts regardless of violations.

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released a report ahead of Monday’s vote that found 66 of the government’s 100 largest contractors have broken labor laws.

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But even a record of violations wouldn’t have precluded a company from receiving contracts. Under the rule, firms bidding for contracts would have had the opportunity to explain mitigating circumstances and steps they took to address the problem. The Obama White House said the goal of the rule was to get companies in compliance with the law.

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President Donald Trump is expected to sign off on the resolution, peeling back yet another regulation on employers.

  HuffPo

And, yes, I'll eat this post if he doesn't.

P.S. This is another one you can partly blame the previous administration for: it comes under that rule that allows legislation passed within the last couple of months of an administration to be easily set aside.

Any regulations that Obama did not finalize early enough before he left office could now be wiped out through the Congressional Review Act. Republicans have successfully used the act to repeal more than a dozen regulations in the first few weeks of Trump’s tenure. Until this year, the act had only been used successfully once, in 2001, when Republicans blocked a workplace safety rule put forth at the end of the Clinton administration.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.