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On the recordJune 6, 2023
In some sense, the Department of Labor is there to serve as backstop, because individual workers who might be stiffed for their overtime, who might be placed in an independent contractor position, they need somebody to be on their side.
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Teresa Leger Fernandez
Democratic · New Mexico

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Leger Fernandez argues that the Department of Labor should protect individual workers' rights.

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