By DOL Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement on the January 2022 Employment Situation Report:
By DOL Newswire | Feb 6, 2022
There were five notices published by the Labor Department in week ending Feb. 5, according to the Federal Register.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 6, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 6, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - From Feb. 1 through Feb. 2, approximately 5,400 workers - nearly 90 percent of eligible workers - cast votes in an historic election at the General Motors’ facility in Silao, Mexico, to determine which of the four unions on the ballot will exercise collective bargaining rights.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 6, 2022
News Release: HENDERSON, TX - A federal investigation into fatal injuries suffered by an 86-year-old worker at a Henderson sawmill and pallet manufacturer found the company exposed workers to hazardous energy sources and lack of machine guarding.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 5, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 5, 2022
Release: Employer name: Sinclair & Rush Inc.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 5, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Wage and Hour Division is seeking to add 100 investigators to its team to support its enforcement efforts including the protection of workers’ wages, migrant and seasonal workers, rights to family and medical leave and prevailing wage requirements for workers on federal contracts.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 5, 2022
News Release: PAGO PAGO, AS - A federal investigation recovered $23,358 in back wages for eight employees of a Pago Pago employer who failed to pay eight workers for work performed before and after their scheduled shifts. The employer required the work but failed to record the time and pay for the hours. Additionally, the employer illegally deducted meal breaks and lodging costs from worker’s pay.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 5, 2022
News Release: SEATTLE - A federal investigation recovered $96,973 in back wages and liquidated damages from the operator of 11 frozen yogurt shops in Washington and Oregon who allowed store managers to take a portion of workers’ tips illegally, and failed to pay some workers overtime wages when they worked over 40 hours in a workweek. The employer also did not keep an accurate record of hours worked.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 4521, the so-called America Competes Act, which emboldens the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at the expense of American job creators, workers, and students...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: Today, Representative Virginia Foxx (Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and Labor) joined Representative Fred Keller (Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections), Senator Mike Braun (Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety), and Senator Richard ...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after President Biden issued his latest Executive Order that requires burdensome project labor agreements on federal construction projects above $35 million...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
There were 35 notices published by the Labor Department in January, according to the Federal Register.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: MANCHESTER, NH - A U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation has determined Smokers Haven Inc. and owner Brett Scott violated the anti-retaliation, overtime and recordkeeping requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: (Washington, DC)- Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), lead sponsor of the FAMILY Act, released the following statement ahead of the 29th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) being signed into law.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the passage of the Levin amendment, a conduit for the federal government to track every college student in America through their adult lives without their consent...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: HENDERSON, TX - A federal investigation into fatal injuries suffered by an 86-year-old worker at a Henderson sawmill and pallet manufacturer found the company exposed workers to hazardous energy sources and lack of machine guarding.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
