The Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Thursday issued a highly anticipated emergency rule that sets workplace safety parameters for employers in the health care sector for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic.
DOL won’t enforce Trump-era ESG rules
The two rules were among the most heavily contested measures instituted by the DOL under former Secretary Eugene Scalia, with the 401(k) rule drawing nearly 9,000 public comments, most of which opposed it.
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The Department of Labor will not enforce two controversial Trump-era rules that restricted the use of ESG investments in retirement plans, the agency announced Wednesday.
In a statement, the DOL said that it will take a hands-off approach to the recently passed rules, Financial Factors in Selecting Plan Investments and Fiduciary Duties Regarding Proxy Voting and Shareholder Rights. The first pertains to “pecuniary” considerations when vetting investment options within 401(k)s and other defined-contribution plans, while the latter deals with traditional pension plans’ involvement in environmental, social and governance concerns.
By Tony Perkins | January 20, 2021 | 4:06pm EST
Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia is interviewed by Dagen McDowell during FOX Business Network s Mornings With Maria. (Photo credit: John Lamparski/Getty Images)
When frustrated people decided to take things into their own hands Jan. 6, a lot of Americans got hurt. There were the actual victims the men and women who lost their lives and others who were injured.
But because of the Left s double standard, there were also good and decent Americans who will have to live with the fallout of what happened, even if they condemned the lawlessness. Some were there like the peaceful protesters who desperately wanted to be counted. Others weren t, but they were just as concerned about the future of elections after what happened in November. But the group that will suffer most are the people who deserve it least: the hard-working men and women of the Trump administration, who spent four long years trying t