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There were eight notices published by the Labor Department in week ending May 7, according to the Federal Register.


US Department of Labor, stakeholders sign partnership to train, protect workers from construction hazards at Wisconsin Center Expansion project

News Release: MILWAUKEE - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration , Wisconsin On-Site Safety and Health Consultation Program, Gilbane Building Co., C.D. Smith Construction and labor unions are partnering to protect worker safety and health at the Wisconsin Center Expansion project in Milwaukee.


The US Labor Department published a one page proposed rule on May 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



Federal court orders four Rhode Island medical practices, owners  to pay $175K in wages, damages to 103 underpaid employees

News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - Four Ocean State medical facilities in Providence and West Greenwich, and their owner and operator, will pay $175,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 103 employees to resolve violations of federal overtime requirements, after an investigation and litigation by the U.S. Department of Labor. The employer will also pay $50,000 in civil money penalties.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page rule on May 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



May 6: bills handled by Education and Labor Committee

There was activity on two bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on May 6.


Statement by US Secretary of Labor Walsh on April Jobs Report

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement on the April 2022 Employment Situation Report:


Notice published on May 6 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


DOL-ETA grant application closes on June 6

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Youth Activities Program Allotments for Program Year (PY) 2022. grant opened on May 6.


DOL-ETA offers new grant application process starting May 6

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Workforce Information Grants Allotments for Program Year (PY) 2022. grant opened on May 6.


US Department of Labor, stakeholders sign partnership to train, protect workers from construction hazards at Wisconsin Center Expansion project

News Release: MILWAUKEE - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Wisconsin On-Site Safety and Health Consultation Program, Gilbane Building Co., C.D. Smith Construction and labor unions are partnering to protect worker safety and health at the Wisconsin Center Expansion project in Milwaukee.


DOL-ETA grant application closes on June 6

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Dislocated Worker Program Allotments for Program Year (PY) 2022. grant opened on May 6.



There was activity on three bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on May 5.


Senator Murray Holds Roundtable At Seattle Crisis Hotline Center Pressing Sec. Becerra for Stronger Federal Mental Health Response

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, hosted a roundtable at Crisis Connections, a crisis hotline center in Seattle, where U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra heard directly from...


Senator Murray Rallies to Protect the Right to Abortion Alongside Washington State Women Leaders

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Washington state women leaders at a Seattle Planned Parenthood clinic to sound the alarm about the urgent need to protect the right to abortion and pass the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA), in the wake of news that the Supreme Court plans to overturn Roe v. Wade and end the constitutional right to abortion.