By DOL Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
There was activity on six bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on April 26.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on April 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: EDWARDSVILLE, IL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a Hazard Alert Letter to Amazon , requiring the online retailer to review its severe weather emergency procedures after six contractors were fatally injured and another severely injured when a tornado struck Amazon’s Edwardsville warehouse on Dec. 10, 2021.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a date change for the next public meeting of the Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship. The discretionary committee will convene for an in-person meeting from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 16, 2022, in the department’s Frances Perkins Building in Washington.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
This bill is sponsored by Rep. Pete Sessions.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: Today, Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee Republican Leader Russ Fulcher (R-ID) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on holding the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) accountable for over-burdening job creators and not meeting the needs of American workers...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: Senator Murray: “Helping people and solving problems-that’s our job, and we can help working families by putting money back in their pockets and taking a little stress off their shoulders."
By DOL Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
This bill is sponsored by Rep. Jahana Hayes.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: MANCHESTER, NH - Two full-service restaurants in Derry and Londonderry and their owner have agreed to pay $890,169 - $445,085 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages - to 63 employees to resolve numerous willful violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act following a U.S. Department of Labor investigation and litigation.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm visited the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator on April 21, 2022, to highlight the Biden-Harris administration's Bipartisan Innovation Act.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: WHO: U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Labor-Management Standards
By DOL Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Each year, the families and friends of fallen workers, and organizations, including the U.S. Department of Labor and its Occupational Safety and Health Administration sadly observe April 28 as Workers Memorial Day.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh visited New York City today for the first in a series of roundtable discussions on how to build better retirement security for the nation's workers.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: FULTON, MD - Despite serving the needs of the elderly at four Maryland assisted-living facilities with high-quality, compassionate care, 27 essential workers fell victim to employers who showed little concern for their well-being or for paying them all the wages they legally earned.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ - IQVIA Inc., a multinational healthcare services company, will pay $550,000 in back wages and interest to 984 qualified female and Black applicants as part of an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to resolve alleged hiring discrimination at its Parsippany, New Jersey, facility.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Each year, the families and friends of fallen workers, and organizations, including the U.S. Department of Labor and its Occupational Safety and Health Administration sadly observe April 28 as Workers Memorial Day.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 24, 2022
There were nine notices published by the Labor Department in week ending April 23, according to the Federal Register.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: Dear Director Chopra: We write to urge the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB" or “Bureau") to investigate the use of “training repayment agreements" (“TRAs") between workers and businesses. TRAs raise significant concerns about consumer and worker protection. The growing use of debt contracts...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
The US Labor Department published an eight page proposed rule on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
