From 2017 to present day, Weil serves as the dean of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University.

On September 10, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Weil to serve as the administrator of the Wage and Hour Division.

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] On June 3, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Weil to be the administrator of the Wage and Hour Division in the Department of Labor.