By DOL Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC) sent a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Walsh regarding the Wage and Hour Division’s (WHD) Davis-Bacon wage rates.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: BUFFALO, NY - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division recovered $106,623 in back wages and liquidated damages for 37 cashiers and cooks employed at three Pita Gourmet locations in Erie and Niagara counties after its investigation found the operator paid some employees cash off the books, paid straight time for overtime for hours worked over 40 in a workweek and failed to combine hours worked by employees at multiple locations.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
This bill is sponsored by Rep. Susan Wild.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh today joined Gov. Tom Wolf, leaders of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Yellow Corp., and union members to announce the expansion of the trucking company’s 17th Commercial Driver’s License Driving Academy in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2022
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The U.S. Department of Labor is stepping up its efforts to identify child labor violations in the Salt Lake City area as school closings for the summer nears, and its Wage and Hour Division offers the findings of three recent investigations to remind employers about the regulations and limitations related to the employment youth.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2022
This bill is sponsored by Rep. Andy Biggs.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2022
News Release: SEATTLE - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has certified the Walsh Group, a commercial construction management company in Seattle, as a “Star" employer in the agency’s Voluntary Protection Programs.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Republican Leaders on the House Committees on Administration, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Reform, Small Business, and the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture and Financial Services and General...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2022
News Release: The House passed sweeping bipartisan legislation to help more workers save and prepare for retirement. The legislation-Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2022 (H.R. 2954)-includes the Education and Labor Committee’s bipartisan Retirement Improvement and Savings Enhancement (RISE) Act (H.R. 5891) as well as other retirement-related provisions approved by the Ways and Means Committee.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2022
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on March 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2022
News Release: SEATTLE - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has certified the Walsh Group, a commercial construction management company in Seattle, as a “Star" employer in the agency’s Voluntary Protection Programs.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - In an effort to support greater public awareness and improve delivery of unemployment insurance services to people who face obstacles to access, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $15.9 million in equity grant funding to state unemployment insurance systems in Alabama, Idaho, Missouri and New Mexico.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today unveiled a public education campaign on the importance of mental health-friendly workplaces at the Society for Human Resource Management’s Workplace Policy Conference in Washington.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing amendments to its occupational injury and illness recordkeeping regulation, 29 CFR 1904.41. The current regulation requires certain employers to electronically submit injury and illness information - that they are required to keep - to OSHA. The agency uses these reports to identify and respond to emerging hazards and makes aspects of the information publicly available.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
Release: Employer name: Groundworks Colorado LLC 2575 U.S. 6 & 50, Unit A Grand Junction, CO 81501 Citations issued: Groundworks Colorado LLC One willful violation and five serious violations Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued ...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: Twelve years ago, Democrats unloaded the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, onto the American people. Since then, the costs of health care and insurance have skyrocketed. Here are five reasons why Obamacare has been an utter failure...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after President Biden released his FY 2023 budget...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Biden-Harris administration today released the President’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget and Fiscal Year 2022-2026 Strategic Plan. The President’s Budget details his vision to expand on the historic progress our country has made over the last year and deliver the agenda he laid out in his State of the Union address: to build a better America, reduce the deficit, reduce costs for families and grow the economy from the bottom up and middle out.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released its proposed rule that would re-instate provisions of the controversial Obama-era recordkeeping rule...
