WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Office of the Secretary of Labor has issued a rule called: Rescission of Nondiscrimination and Equal-Opportunity Provisions of the Workforce Investment Act.
The rule was published in the Federal Register on July 1 by Dean Heyl, Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, Labor.
Summary: The U.S. Department of Labor (the Department) is rescinding its regulations implementing the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) containing the nondiscrimination and equal-opportunity provisions of WIA. In 2014, Congress passed the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which repealed WIA and required the Secretary of Labor to transition any authority under WIA to the system created by WIOA. Therefore, the Depa...