By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2022
News Release: Today, Workforce Protections Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Keller (R-PA) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on H.R. 7345, which creates undue burdens on America’s farmers and limits the opportunities of America’s youth employed on farms...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) led every Committee Republican member in sending a letter to Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) requesting a hearing to examine the implementation of the Biden administration’s reckless student loan bailout and the continuation of the student loan repayment moratorium.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2022
News Release: LEMONT, IL - A 48-year-old worker entered a tanker-trailer in Lemont to inspect it as part of an annual U.S. Department of Transportation requirement and was overcome from exposure to bleach and chlorine gas. The worker was found unconscious in the tanker-trailer, he later died of his injuries.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) condemned Republican attacks on the Biden Administration’s landmark decision last week...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2022
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Sept. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement criticizing the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) proposal to revive the Obama administration’s job-killing joint employer standard...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, NY - The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit against the former owner of an Albany restaurant after he allegedly tried to intimidate three workers and prevent them from participating in a private class action lawsuit, thus depriving them of their full rights under the Fair Labor Standards ...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2022
Release: Employer name: Yaghi Enterprises, Inc. operating as Yaghi’s New York Pizzeria
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Construction workers often face some of their industry’s most serious dangers - such as falls from elevation, being struck or crushed by equipment or other objects, and electrocution - but recent studies suggest another occupational concern is lurking silently at U.S. worksites: worker suicides.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on Sept. 8.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2022
There was activity on two bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Sept. 6.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2022
News Release: HERSHEY, PA - A federal investigation found that a Dunkin’ franchisee violated child labor laws when it allowed 14-and-15-year-olds to work outside permissible hours at three locations in Dauphin and Lebanon counties.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2022
The US Labor Department published a six page rule on Sept. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2022
News Release: DALLAS - With hazardous weather and storms a feature of the season, the U.S. Department of Labor urges workers and employers who clear debris, repair homes or perform other types of disaster recovery to become familiar with federal laws governing wages, hours of work and pay practices. The failure to pay wages as due harms employees, and violations of federal labor law can be costly for employers.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), introduced a resolution commemorating the 48th anniversary of the signing into law of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)-a landmark law...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $19,796,000 in funding to provide training and employment services in 45 states and Puerto Rico to eligible workers affected adversely by foreign trade.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2022
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Sept. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2022
There are three releases scheduled to be published on Sept. 8.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) signed an alliance agreement on Sept. 7, 2022, to promote workplace mental health and suicide prevention awareness.
