--- title: DOL date: 2023-07-17T12:01:00-04:00 author: Import Bot canonical_url: "https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/labor-days/dol" section: Blog Topics --- # Labor Days News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s labor and employment practice ![People Blocks](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Hero-Objects/labor_blog2.webp?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1880&q=80&w=1880&s=4c9844984a488e1acc2796001a9e07d8) [ Remove filter Topic: DOL ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/labor-days) ## [October Layoffs Hit 22-Year High: Legal Considerations for Employers ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/labor-days/october-layoffs-hit-22-year-high-legal-considerations-for-employers) [Mark A. Konkel](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/mark-a-konkel), [Alex J. Seidenberg](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/alex-j-seidenberg) November 11, 2025 October 2025 may very well be remembered as a turning point in the U.S. labor market. According to Challenger, Gray & Christmas, employers announced approximately 153,000 job cuts last month, marking the highest… [ Continue reading ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/labor-days/october-layoffs-hit-22-year-high-legal-considerations-for-employers) ## [ Simplified Option for Correcting Certain Retirement Plan Failures ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/labor-days/simplified-option-for-correcting-certain-retirement-plan-failures) [Pamela D. Kaplan](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/pamela-d-kaplan), [Victoria E. Anderson](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/victoria-e-anderson) July 28, 2025 Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) amended its Voluntary Fiduciary Compliance Program (“VFCP”) to provide retirement plan sponsors with a simplified option for correcting certain specified… [ Continue reading ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/labor-days/simplified-option-for-correcting-certain-retirement-plan-failures) ## [ DOL Signals Abandonment of Current Independent Contractor Rule ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/labor-days/dol-signals-abandonment-of-current-independent-contractor-rule) [Mark A. Konkel](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/mark-a-konkel) May 12, 2025 No one should be surprised that the independent contractor pendulum—which swings towards making that classification harder in Democratic administrations and easier in Republican ones—is now tilting towards making it… [ Continue reading ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/labor-days/dol-signals-abandonment-of-current-independent-contractor-rule) ## [ How Recent Changes to Administrative Law May Alter Labor and Employment Law as We Know It ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/labor-days/how-recent-changes-to-administrative-law-may-alter-labor-and-employment-law-as-we-know-it) [Mark A. Konkel](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/mark-a-konkel) July 29, 2024 Few legal developments sound more sleep-inducing than “changes to federal rulemaking authority.” But don’t mistake dullness for a lack of impact: a pair of Supreme Court decisions just issued will arguably have the… [ Continue reading ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/labor-days/how-recent-changes-to-administrative-law-may-alter-labor-and-employment-law-as-we-know-it) ## [ So Long, Chevron: What The Elimination Of Agency Deference Means For Employers And The Future Of Labor And Employment Law ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/labor-days/so-long-chevron-what-the-elimination-of-agency-deference-means-for-employers-and-the-future-of-labor-and-employment-law) [Blythe E. Lovinger](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/blythe-e-lovinger), [Alex J. 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