By DOL Newswire | Jun 18, 2022
There was activity on four bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on June 17.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced $201,798,000 in funding to provide training, employment services in 45 states and Puerto Rico to eligible workers affected adversely by foreign trade.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: Employer: Riverstone Logistics LLC Investigation site: 13860 Ballantyne Corporate Place, Charlotte, NC 28277 Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found Riverstone Logistics LLC misapplied exemptions and paid employees a flat salary without an additional ...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
There was activity on two bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on June 16.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on June 21.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced new guidance published today by the department’s Wage and Hour Division on important limitations on the payment of subminimum wages under Section 511 of the Rehabilitation Act, which applies to certified employers otherwise authorized to pay subminimum wages to workers with disabilities under specific requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
There was activity on six bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on June 16.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a funding opportunity for $11.7 million in Susan Harwood Training Grants to support the delivery of training and education to help workers and employers identify and prevent workplace safety and health hazards.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) cosponsored the Educational Choice for Children Act, introduced by Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN), which would support parents’ right to choose school options that work for their family. Specifically, this legislation would...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
Targeted Topic Training grant opened on June 17.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 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 on the federal COVID response and the urgent need to pass emergency COVID funding amid threats of new COVID variants and a fall surge, with members...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - To improve the delivery of unemployment insurance services to people faced with obstacles to accessing state systems and benefits in Maryland, Nebraska and South Dakota, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $11,406,000 in equity grants.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
Training and Educational Materials Development grant opened on June 17.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2022
Capacity Building Developmental & Capacity Building Pilot grant opened on June 17.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: WINSTON-SALEM, NC - A North Carolina pizza chain’s pay practices denied full wages to 63 workers at three locations in Clemmons, Greensboro and Winston-Salem. The employer paid as little as $1.19 per hour as a cash wage to workers, which forced them to rely almost entirely on tips for their income, a federal investigation has found.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona demanding clarity on the Department’s statutory authority for its recent and proposed executive actions on student loans.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on June 17.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
There are five releases scheduled to be published on June 17.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
FY 22 Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Training and Other Activities (TaOA) Grant Management Guidance. grant opened on June 16.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today released its inaugural Enterprise Data Strategy , a three-year plan by the department’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy that will guide department efforts to improve its data collection, management and use and enhance its ability to share data to advance opportunity and equity for the nation’s workers.
