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DOL-ETA offers new grant application process starting May 6

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


DOL-ETA grant application closes on June 6

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


Foxx: Democrats Pour More Money Down the Drain

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding the Central States Pension Plan request for billions in bailout assistance from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)...


US Department of Labor cites 2 Georgia construction contractors after Yellow River bridge collapse takes worker’s life

News Release: COVINGTON, GA - A federal workplace safety investigation has determined that two companies failed to follow required safety standards that could have prevented a bridge collapse and spared the life of a 33-year-old worker on a demolition project in Covington on Oct. 19, 2021.


Murray Leads Senate Democratic Women in the Fight to Protect the Right to Abortion, Pass WHPA

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) led and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), led a press conference with the Democratic women of the Senate to speak out against Republicans’ incessant attacks on the right to abortion in light of recent reporting on a leaked decision showing the...


Murray, Colleagues Release Report Highlighting Need to Ensure Companies Managing Colleges’ Online Programs Aren’t Violating Ban on Abusive Recruiting Practices

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Tina Smith (D-MN), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and U.S. Representative Bobby Scott (D-VA-03), Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, ...


US Department of Labor issues willful citations to Edmond asphalt, concrete paving contractor after investigation into 18-year-old worker’s fatal injury

News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Federal workplace safety investigators found that a construction company’s failure to prevent sudden start-up of a conveyor system contributed to an 18-year-old worker’s fatal injuries after he was pulled into a hot asphalt silo as he tried to remove debris from the conveyor in Oklahoma City on Nov. 2, 2021.


READOUT: Secretary Walsh, Secretary Becerra host health insurance, business leaders to discuss mental health, substance use disorder parity

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra met with health insurance and business leaders on May 3 to discuss compliance with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, adequacy of in-network providers and mental health and substance use disorder treatment during the pandemic, as the nation observes Mental Health Awareness Month.


US Department of Labor will hold listening session for Midwest workers, advocates, union representatives on possible revisions to overtime regulations

News Release: CHICAGO ─ The U.S. Department of Labor is holding a series of listening sessions with employees and their stakeholders on possible revisions to the regulations that enforce the Fair Labor Standards Act’s minimum wage and overtime exemptions for executive, administrative and professional employees.



US Department of Labor investigation finds Arizona landscaping company denied full wages, retaliated against workers

News Release: PHOENIX - Following a U.S. Department of Labor investigation that found a Phoenix-area landscaping company and its owner used illegal pay practices, lied to investigators and intimidated workers, a consent judgment has been entered in federal court to recover back wages and damages for employees and hold the employer accountable.


US Department of Labor cites 2 Georgia construction contractors after Yellow River bridge collapse takes worker’s life

News Release: COVINGTON, GA - A federal workplace safety investigation has determined that two companies failed to follow required safety standards that could have prevented a bridge collapse and spared the life of a 33-year-old worker on a demolition project in Covington on Oct. 19, 2021.



Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Gamma Radiation Surveys discussed on May 4 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


OSHA to offer on-site, online training event from Aug. 2-4 to enhance safety, health of federal workers

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has scheduled a three-day safety and health training event in Arlington Heights, Illinois, from Aug. 2 to 4, 2022, to educate federal agency staff responsible for workplace safety and health issues.



US Department of Labor seeks temporary restraining order against Huntley restaurant, owners for intimidating workers during federal wage investigation

News Release: CHICAGO - The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a complaint and has asked a federal court to issue a temporary restraining order against a Huntley restaurant and its owners for retaliating and intimidating workers illegally during an investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division.



US Department of Labor issues willful citations to Edmond asphalt, concrete paving contractor after investigation into 18-year-old worker’s fatal injury

News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Federal workplace safety investigators found that a construction company’s failure to prevent sudden start-up of a conveyor system contributed to an 18-year-old worker’s fatal injuries after he was pulled into a hot asphalt silo as he tried to remove debris from the conveyor in Oklahoma City on Nov. 2, 2021.


US Department of Labor renews ‘Star Level’ designation of Acushnet Company, Custom Operations for workplace safety, health achievements

News Release: Participant: Acushnet Company, Custom Operations. New Bedford, Massachusetts. Description: Acushnet Company, Custom Operations employs about 200 workers at the New Bedford site, which produces golf balls and other equipment customized with names, logos and images. Employees at the site develop graphics, ...