By Labor Gazette | Sep 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced a proposed rule to require mine operators employing six or more miners to develop a written safety program for mobile and powered haulage equipment (excluding belt conveyors) at surface mines and surface ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced a proposed rule to require mine operators employing six or more miners to develop a written safety program for mobile and powered haulage equipment (excluding belt conveyors) at surface mines and surface ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced the award of more than $6.7 million in grants to 37 nonprofit organizations nationwide to fund education and training programs to help workers and employers recognize infectious diseases, including ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 8, 2021
News Release: AUBURN, AL – Following an investigation and federal court order, the U.S. Department of Labor recovered $26,496 in back wages and liquidated damages from a personal injury law firm in Auburn, Alabama, that failed to pay overtime to 42 workers.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC– The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the 2021 National Apprenticeship Week will be celebrated Nov. 15-21. The weeklong celebration allows labor and business leaders, educational institutions, career seekers and other partners to demonstrate support for apprenticeships in preparing a highly skilled, diverse workforce to meet the talent needs of employers and train Americans for good-paying jobs across multiple industries.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC– The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the 2021 National Apprenticeship Week will be celebrated Nov. 15-21. The weeklong celebration allows labor and business leaders, educational institutions, career seekers and other partners to demonstrate support for apprenticeships in preparing a highly skilled, diverse workforce to meet the talent needs of employers and train Americans for good-paying jobs across multiple industries.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON DC – To recognize their sacrifices and ceaseless efforts to protect our health and keep our country moving forward amid the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced the induction of Essential Workers of the Coronavirus Pandemic into the department’s Hall of Honor.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON DC – To recognize their sacrifices and ceaseless efforts to protect our health and keep our country moving forward amid the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced the induction of Essential Workers of the Coronavirus Pandemic into the department’s Hall of Honor.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 6, 2021
There were seven notices published by the Labor Department in week ending Sept. 5, according to the Federal Register.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 5, 2021
The US Labor Department published a five page rule on Sept. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 5, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 5, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 5, 2021
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Sept. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 5, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 4, 2021
There were 11 notices published by the Labor Department in August, according to the Federal Register.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 4, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement on the August 2021 Employment Situation Report: “Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the American economy added 235,000 jobs in the month of August, and the unemployment rate was 5.2 percent, down from ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Senior officials of the U.S. Department of Labor and the Mexican Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare met this week in Mexico City to discuss the challenges, opportunities and commitments needed to advance the implementation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement regarding Labor Day: “We come to this second Labor Day of the ongoing pandemic having made great progress, and at the same time, acknowledging our continued losses. We honor the workers who, at great personal peril, have carried us this far. And we know that the dual project of defeating the coronavirus and rebuilding the economy is far from complete.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration has published a final interpretive rule that changes a rule interpreting the anti-retaliation provision of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
