Areas of expertise
Labor and employment law • Occupational safety and health • Pension policy • Regulatory policy
Biography
Ross Eisenbrey is a senior fellow at EPI after serving as vice president from 2003 to 2017. Eisenbrey is also a lawyer and former commissioner of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. Prior to joining EPI, he worked for many years as a staff attorney and legislative director in the U.S. House of Representatives, and as a committee counsel in the U.S. Senate. He served as policy director of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration from 1999 until 2001. He has testified numerous times in the House of Representatives and the Senate, and has written scores of articles, issue briefs, and policy memos on a wide range of labor issues.
Education
J.D., University of Michigan Law School
B.A., Middlebury College
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Deregulation can kill you
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American workers lose $1.2 billion in 2017 due to delay in update of overtime rules
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Letter to the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee on The Working Families Flexibility Act (H.R. 1180)
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Congress should oppose Acosta’s confirmation and demand a pro-worker secretary of labor
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A modest proposal for increasing workplace flexibility
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False choice for workers—Flexibility or overtime pay
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Repealing prevailing wage laws hurts construction workers
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Preventing workplace injuries depends on good record-keeping
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Shortchanging education, training, and R&D is no way to make America great again
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Testimony to the Maryland Senate Committee on Finance in support of SB 607
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Paul Booth: A tireless advocate for working people
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Testimony to the Maryland House Economic Matters Committee on HB 665
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News from EPI › Anti-worker bill defeated in New Hampshire
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No wage thief should be labor secretary
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My alma mater has its priorities all wrong
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So-called “right-to-work” laws will lower wages for union and nonunion workers in Missouri
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A tale of two states (and what it tells us about so-called “right-to-work” laws)
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Andrew Puzder fails every test for a Labor Secretary
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Overtime ruling is wrong on the precedent, as well as the facts
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The injunction against overtime has real consequences for people’s lives
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Ruling against overtime is wrong in so many ways
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News from EPI › Overtime injunction is an extreme and unsupportable decision
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The new overtime rule will benefit millions of workers across the country
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CBO inflates its estimates of employer compliance costs
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News from EPI › Repealing the overtime rule will lower salaries of working class Americans and increase inequality
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White House issues call to action on non-compete clauses
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Lawsuit filed to block Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order
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News from EPI › Congress should not delay overtime pay
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News from EPI › Chamber’s and states’ opposition to updated overtime pay rules have no legal basis
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Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order makes contracting system more accountable