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Keller: Democrats Use Wage & Hour Red Tape and Penalties to Attack Employers

News Release: Today, Workforce Protections Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Keller (R-PA) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on Democrats’ overreaching legislation that will harm job creators and increase federal control over the workforce...


US Department of Labor announces $3.4M funding opportunity to attract, retain women in Registered Apprenticeships, nontraditional occupations

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a funding opportunity of $3.4 million for up to nine grants to attract and keep women in Registered Apprenticeship Programs and industries where they are underrepresented such as manufacturing, infrastructure, cybersecurity and healthcare.



The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


US Department of Labor reminds Southwest employers that workers need protection from the dangers of heat illness

News Release: DALLAS - As temperatures rise in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration reminds employers and workers not to ignore the dangers of working in hot weather - indoors and out - and remember “Water. Rest. Shade." can be the difference between ending the workday safely or suffering serious injuries or worse.


US Department of Labor reminds Southwest employers that workers need protection from the dangers of heat illness

News Release: DALLAS - As temperatures rise in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration reminds employers and workers not to ignore the dangers of working in hot weather - indoors and out - and remember “Water. Rest. Shade." can be the difference between ending the workday safely or suffering serious injuries or worse.


How politicians on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee dealt with bills on May 11

There was activity on two bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on May 11.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Petition for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards discussed on May 11 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



There was activity on five bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on May 11.


There was activity on three bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on April 1.


Labor Department discusses Petition for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards on May 11

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Serial violator: South Dakota contractor faces serious and willful citations following 2 separate inspections for workers in unprotected trenches

News Release: SIOUX FALLS, SD - Twice in seven days, federal workplace safety inspectors found a Sioux Falls contractor put workers at risk of being buried under thousands of pounds of soil while they worked in unprotected trenches at two locations in Tea and Salem.


US Department of Labor recovers $131K in back wages for workers, assesses $13K in penalties after finding multiple H-2A violations, missed payroll

News Release: ATLANTA - A call to the “Employment, Education and Outreach" hotline maintained by the U.S. Department of Labor led federal investigators to find a Baxley farm labor contractor - who violated several federal laws related to the employment of migrant and seasonal workers previously - had broken the law again, this time for missing a payroll.


US Department of Labor emphasis program to prevent  hearing loss moves to enforcement phase begins May 17

News Release: DENVER - Following a 90-day outreach period, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration ’s Regional Emphasis Program for Noise Induced Hearing Loss will move into the enforcement phase beginning May 17, 2022. The emphasis program targets manufacturing industries with high rates of occupational hearing loss in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota.


DOL-ETA-WB offers new grant application process starting May 11

Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) Technical Assistance Grant Program grant opened on May 11.


On Senate Floor, Senator Murray Sounds Alarm About Post-Roe Future, Pushes to Pass WHPA

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, took to the Senate floor to urge her colleagues to vote for the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) to protect the right to abortion as the Supreme Court is set to overturn Roe v. Wade.


Bills addressed by Education and Labor Committee on May 10

There was activity on four bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on May 10.


There was activity on two bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on May 10.