President Biden has reversed a Trump administration move that expanded apprenticeship programs in an “industry-led” model, instead announcing plans to expand the registered apprenticeship programs favored by organized labor.
Sweeping Labor Bill Would Limit Independent Contractor Use Nationwide
Business and trucking interests are criticizing a union-backed labor bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. Among other things, the bill would rewrite how independent contractors are defined along the same lines as the controversial new AB5 law in California, which would upend trucking’s longstanding use of owner-operators.
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