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Keller: OSHA Must Stop Weaponizing Federal Policies Against Job Creators

News Release: Today, Workforce Protections Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Keller (R-PA) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing questioning Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) predatory agenda towards job creators...


US Department of Labor investigation finds Quicksburg, Virginia,  nonprofit failed to pay minimum wage to 40 workers with disabilities

Release: Employer name: Shen-Paco Industries Inc. 1032 Wissler Road Quicksburg, VA 22847 Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found Shen-Paco Industries Inc.’s certificate that allowed the employer to pay wages below the federal minimum had expired, which ...



Murray Joins Roundtable with State Leaders Fighting to Protect Reproductive Rights, Highlights that Extreme Republicans “Will Not Stop at Restricting Abortion”

News Release: Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined a roundtable hosted by the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) on the fight for reproductive freedom in states across the country. At the...


Labor Department discusses Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Job Corps Application Data on May 25

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


US Department of Labor offers benefits information for current, former nuclear weapons workers, enrolled medical providers at Aiken event

News Release: AIKEN, SC - The U.S. Department of Labor will host an outreach event on June 2, 2022, in Aiken to provide information about the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act and help current and former nuclear weapons workers file claims.


Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee and the bills it addressed on May 25

There was activity on five bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on May 25.



Labor Department discusses Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses on May 25

The US Labor Department published a two page proposed rule on May 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; Native American Employment and Training Council discussed on May 25 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a one page notice on May 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


How politicians on Education and Labor Committee dealt with bills on May 24

There was activity on one bill related to the Education and Labor Committee on May 24.


Owens: Time for BIE Reforms so Students Have the Opportunity to Succeed

News Release: Today, Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Republican Leader Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a joint subcommittee hearing to examine the policies and priorities of the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)...


What did Labor Department publish on May 24?

The US Labor Department published a two page proposed rule on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


US Department of Labor announces availability of $10.5M in state grant funding to support mine safety, health training, education

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced the availability of more than $10.5 million in fiscal year 2022 state grant funding to provide federally mandated training and retraining of miners and mine operators working at surface and underground coal and metal and nonmetal mines.


There are two releases scheduled to be published on May 26.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


US Department of Labor recovers more than $168K in back wages, damages for 17 Hattiesburg buffet restaurant workers denied minimum wage

Release: Employer: Super King Buffet Inc. Investigation site: 4591 Hardy St., Hattiesburg, MS 39402 Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found the employer paid some kitchen employees a monthly salary that allowed their average hourly pay to fall below federal ...


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Federal investigation recovers $77K in back wages for state employee wrongly denied protected medical leave, illegally terminated

News Release: ATLANTA - Following a federal investigation, the Georgia Department of Public Health has reinstated an employee in Atlanta wrongly disciplined and terminated for absences protected under federal law and paid them $77,314 in back wages to resolve violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act.