By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a proposed modification to a final rule that aims to create a streamlined, efficient and flexible process allowing the department to use its resources strategically to remove barriers to equal employment opportunity.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2022
News Release: GOOSE CREEK, SC - A Goose Creek restaurant shortchanged 21 workers and allowed minor-aged employees to work more hours than the law permits, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has revealed.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2022
News Release: (Washington, DC) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), and Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) issued the following statements on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recently released Form 483s from three inspections conducted at Abbott Nutrition’s facility.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - With opioid-related overdoses linked to 3,237 deaths in Ohio in 2018 , and the state’s neonatal units reporting higher rates of newborns suffering opioid withdrawal, opioid abuse remains a serious health emergency.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2022
News Release: STERLING, MA - A U.S. Department of Labor investigation found that a plastic packaging manufacturer - with a history of workplace safety and health inspections - could have prevented a worker at its Sterling facility from suffering severe burns if they had complied with OSHA’s requirements for lockout/tagout and provided personal protective equipment.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy today announced a webinar, “How Blended, Braided or Sequenced Funding can Help Drive Employment, Equity and Inclusion," will be held on March 22 at 3 p.m. EDT, as part of its ongoing efforts to advance competitive integrated employment for people with disabilities.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a hearing focused on the broken child care system and the Democratic plan to lower child care costs, get families more child care options, and boost wages for child care workers-fully paid for by making the wealthiest pay their fair share.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 21, 2022
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Indian and Native American Programs - Employment and Training Grants grant opened on March 21.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 21, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Last week, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee advanced out of committee-in an overwhelming 20-2 vote -Chair Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Ranking Member Senator Richard Burr’s (R-NC) bipartisan Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats, and Pandemics Act (PREVENT Pandemics Act).
By DOL Newswire | Mar 20, 2022
The US Labor Department published a one page proposed rule on March 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 20, 2022
There were 13 notices published by the Labor Department in week ending March 19, according to the Federal Register.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 19, 2022
The US Labor Department published a six page notice on March 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 19, 2022
Release: Who: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration Associated General Contractors of America The Center for Construction Research and Training Center to Protect Workers’ Rights Moderator: AGCA Senior Director of Safety and Health Services Kevin Cannon Panelists: ...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 19, 2022
News Release: INDEPENDENCE, VA - Following a U.S. Department of Labor investigation, and an administrative law judge’s order, 20 temporary agricultural workers who traveled from Mexico to help provide pumpkins, Christmas trees and produce for Mid-Atlantic consumers will be paid $19,988 in back wages by an Independence farm. The farm will also pay $36,000 in civil money penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) hosted a roundtable discussion on the importance of reforming multiemployer pension plans.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A federal investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that a Smithfield company could have prevented a worker from suffering fatal head injuries while the worker repaired a cement truck on Oct. 21, 2021.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Just months after one of the largest structure fires in North Carolina’s history, at QVC Rocky Mount Inc.’s Distribution Center in December 2021, thousands of workers found themselves facing unemployment. In February 2022, 1,953 fell victim as layoffs began, prompting the U.S. Department of Labor to respond to help affected workers in 10 counties find new employment opportunities.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Women in the U.S. must work until March 15 to be paid the same amount men were in the prior year. This unequal burden on women - especially on women of color - reflects the distance that remains before we achieve an inclusive economy with good jobs for everyone. Among other health, security ...
