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There were eight notices published by the Labor Department in week ending Feb. 12, according to the Federal Register.


Notice published on Feb. 10 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published by Labor Department on Feb. 10

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


“BIOECONOMY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2021“ was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E126-E127 on Feb. 8


Notice published on Feb. 10 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a seven page notice on Feb. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Labor Department publish on Feb. 10?

The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Feb. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Feb. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Murray Joins Warren, Schakowsky, DeLauro, Lee, Pressley, and Porter in Reintroducing the Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act

News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) Chair of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) joined U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09), Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA-13), Congresswoman Ayanna...


US Department of Labor recovers 42K in back wages, liquidated damages for six Northern California restaurant workers after investigation

News Release: SACRAMENTO, CA - Federal investigators found that the owners of three northern California restaurants willfully denied a cook and five other workers overtime wages for hours over 40 in a workweek.


US Department of Labor finds South Carolina fast food restaurants endangered minor employees, violated their work hours limits

News Release: COLUMBIA, SC - Operators of four well-known fast food restaurant locations illegally employed workers under the age of 18 at hours and in occupations that jeopardized their safety, a series of investigations by the U.S. Department of Labor has found.


US Department of Labor recovers $26K in back wages for 16 workers after Flagler Beach restaurant violates federal labor laws

News Release: FLAGLER BEACH, FL - A Flagler Beach bar and grill’s decision to keep portions of employees’ credit card tips to cover cash drawer shortages and customer walkouts voided their ability to receive a tip credit and pay each affected worker less than the full federal minimum wage.


Federal court orders Weymouth restaurant, owner, to pay $345K  in back wages, damages to 13 workers denied overtime, earned tips

News Release: BOSTON - An order issued by a federal judge in Massachusetts, has fully granted the U.S. Department of Labor’s motion for summary judgment regarding numerous violations of federal law by a Weymouth restaurant and its owner that deprived workers of their hard-earned wages and tips.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


2022 Summer Data Challenge offers researchers funding to study how federal labor policies, protections, programs reach underserved communities

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the launch of its second annual Summer Data Challenge competition for emerging and established scholars to analyze how federal labor policies, protections and programs reach traditionally underserved communities.


Murray Joins Warren, DeLauro to Reintroduce the Schedules That Work Act

News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) Chair of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) joined U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) in reintroducing the Schedules That Work Act in the Senate and the House. This legislation would...


Were you a Puerto Rico Police Department officer between 2010 and 2014?  US Department of Labor may have back wages you’re owed

News Release: SAN JUAN, PR - The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking 287 former or current officers of the Puerto Rico Police Department, who worked for the department between June 13, 2010, and Aug. 31, 2014, and are owed back wages as part of a 2016 federal court order.


US Department of Labor recovers $61K in overtime back wages for 60 laborers at Livonia, Michigan, employer

News Release: LIVONIA, MI - By misclassifying 60 employees as independent contractors, a Detroit-area employer denied them their full wages and benefits and important protections under federal law - a situation now remedied by a U.S. Department of Labor investigation.


At HELP Subcommittee Hearing, Senator Murray Pushes to Provide Support for Health Care Workers

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, highlighted how critical it is to listen to health care workers and address the steep challenges they continue to face during the pandemic at a HELP Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety hearing chaired by Senator Hickenlooper (D-CO).


HELP Committee Advances DOL, ED Nominees

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 mark-up to advance nominees to the Department of Education (ED), Department of Labor (DOL), and the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC).


US Department of Labor announces $1.7M incremental award for pandemic-related employment, workforce training, humanitarian support in Guam

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an incremental award of $1.7 million to the Government of Guam to support continued disaster-relief employment and workforce development in response to the effects of the pandemic in the U.S. territory.