By DOL Newswire | Aug 1, 2022
There were 15 press releases published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in July.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 31, 2022
There was activity on two bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on July 29.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 31, 2022
There were five notices published by the Labor Department in week ending July 16, according to the Federal Register.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 30, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - An administrative law judge has dismissed a Minnesota company’s notice of contest and affirmed the U.S. Department of Labor finding that the employer violated a federal program that allows foreign, non-agricultural workers with H-2B visas to temporarily work in the U.S.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 30, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON - Una investigación del Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. ha recuperado $178,358 en salarios por horas extras atrasados para 27 trabajadores de una empresa de soldadura y fabricación de Houston que los clasificaba erróneamente como contratistas independientes y les negaba sus salarios y beneficios completos.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - In the summer months, many employers hire young workers to meet increased demand. Across the nation in 2022, millions of teenagers are working in the agriculture, food services, retail, recreation and construction industries. At the same time, increases in child labor violations has the ...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 30, 2022
News Release: SEATTLE - The U.S. Department of Labor has debarred an East Wenatchee orchard operator for three years from participation in a federal program that allows employment of temporary agricultural workers from outside the U.S. after investigators determined that the employer provided unsafe and unhealthy housing, failed to provide work promised in workers’ contracts, and subjected workers to verbal abuse and threats.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 30, 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) and the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS), introduced a $21 billion emergency COVID...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 30, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC), Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC), and Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) released the following statement in response to the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) report which found the Department of Education underestimated the cost of student loans by billions...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 30, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON - An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $178,358 in overtime back wages for 27 employees of a Houston welding and fabrication company that misclassified them as independent contractors and denied them their full wages and benefits.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 30, 2022
News Release: SAN JOSE, CA - Denying their workers overtime pay when required has had costly consequences for the operators of six northern California pizza franchise locations from whom the U.S. Department of Labor has recovered a total of $608,272 in back wages and liquidated damages for 33 workers.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 30, 2022
News Release: APPLETON, WI - Despite the potentially deadly consequences of its actions, an Appleton contractor allowed three roofers to work at heights up to 18 feet without anchoring their fall protection, making it useless in preventing serious or fatal injuries.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 30, 2022
News Release: Employer: LI&YU Restaurant LLC, operating as
By DOL Newswire | Jul 29, 2022
There was activity on four bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on July 28.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 29, 2022
There was activity on eight bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on July 28.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 29, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on Aug. 1.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 29, 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), issued the following statement on The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 29, 2022
There are two releases scheduled to be published on Aug. 1.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 29, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), sought unanimous consent to pass the Right to Contraception Act to protect every American’s fundamental right to use birth control-but...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 29, 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. 4826, which upends years of precedent and will exacerbate the labor shortage for those Americans needing home health care...
