David Weil
Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division
In office
2014–2017
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byNancy Leppink
Succeeded byLaura Fortman
Personal details
EducationCornell University (BS)
Harvard University (MPP, PhD)

David Weil is an American academic and economist who was the nominee to serve as administrator of the Wage and Hour Division at the United States Department of Labor in the Biden administration. He previously served in this role during the Obama administration from 2014 to 2017.[1]

Education

Weil earned a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University, followed by a Master of Public Policy and PhD from Harvard University.[2]

Career

From 1998 to 2013, Weil worked as a professor of economics at Boston University.

Obama administration

On September 10, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Weil to serve as the administrator of the Wage and Hour Division.[3] Hearings were held before the Senate HELP Committee on December 10, 2013. The committee favorably reported his nomination to the Senate floor on December 18, 2013. Weil's initial nomination expired at the end of the year and was returned to President Obama on January 3, 2014.[4]

President Obama resent his nomination to the Senate shortly after. On January 29, 2014, the committee favorably reported his nomination to the Senate floor. Weil was confirmed by the entire Senate on April 28, 2014, by a vote of 51-42.[5][6]

Weil served as administrator from 2014 until 2017.

Other work

After the end of the Obama administration, he joined the Heller School for Social Policy and Management as dean and professor.[7][1][8][9] Weil has criticized the workforce models of companies like Uber, which categorize drivers as independent contractors rather than workers.[10]

Biden nomination

On June 3, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Weil to be the administrator of the Wage and Hour Division in the Department of Labor. Hearings were held before the Senate HELP Committee on July 15, 2021. The committee deadlocked on his nomination on August 3, 2021. Weil's nomination expired at the end of the year and was returned to President Biden on January 3, 2022.[11] President Biden resent his nomination the next day.

On January 13, 2022, the committee favorably reported his nomination to the Senate floor.[12] On March 30, 2022, a cloture motion to move forward with Weil's nomination failed to pass the entire Senate by a vote of 47–53;[13] Democratic Senators Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly voted against cloture.[14] Without cloture, the nomination is effectively dead given a nomination vote cannot be held.[15][16] This marked the first defeat of one of President Biden's nominees in a floor vote.[17]

References

  1. ^ a b "Uber Critic David Weil Tapped for Second Stint as DOL Wage Chief". news.bloomberglaw.com. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  2. ^ "David Weil | Brandeis University". www.brandeis.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  3. ^ "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts". The White House. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  4. ^ "PN819 — David Weil — Department of Labor 113th Congress (2013-2014)". US Congress. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  5. ^ "PN1156 — David Weil — Department of Labor 113th Congress (2013-2014)". US Congress. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  6. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation David Weil, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor)". US Senate. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Heller School dean David Weil nominated to labor department post". BrandeisNOW. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  8. ^ "President Biden Announces Key Nominations". The White House. 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  9. ^ "Chairman Scott Statement on Nomination of David Weil | House Committee on Education and Labor". edlabor.house.gov. Archived from the original on 2021-06-04. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  10. ^ "Op-Ed: Call Uber and Lyft drivers what they are: employees". Los Angeles Times. 5 July 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-07-05. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  11. ^ "PN618 — David Weil — Department of Labor 117th Congress (2021-2022)". US Congress. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  12. ^ "PN1592 — David Weil — Department of Labor 117th Congress (2021–2022)". US Congress. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  13. ^ "Moderate Dems hand Biden his first nomination vote defeat". POLITICO. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  14. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Weil to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor)". US Senate. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  15. ^ "Sens. Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema And Mark Kelly Tank Pro-Worker Labor Nominee". HuffPost. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  16. ^ "U.S. Senate: Cloture". www.senate.gov. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  17. ^ Harrison, David; Collins, Eliza (31 March 2022). "Weil's defeat marks the first time one of President Biden's nominees was defeated in a floor vote". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
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