By Labor Gazette | Jan 19, 2021
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Today the U.S. Department of Labor announced the appointment of five members and leadership for the 2021 Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, also known as the ERISA Advisory Council.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today the award of $145 million in the H-1B One Workforce Grant Program to invest in training for key sectors of the U.S. economy. Grant recipients, listed below, will focus on upskilling the current workforce and training the workforce of the future for critical industries such as IT, advanced manufacturing and transportation.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced four opinion letters that address compliance issues related to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). An opinion letter is an official, written opinion by the Department’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) on how a particular law applies in specific circumstances presented by the person or entity that requested the letter.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today the award of $145 million in the H-1B One Workforce Grant Program to invest in training for key sectors of the U.S. economy. Grant recipients, listed below, will focus on upskilling the current workforce and training the workforce of the future for critical industries such as IT, advanced manufacturing and transportation.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced four opinion letters that address compliance issues related to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). An opinion letter is an official, written opinion by the Department’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) on how a particular law applies in specific circumstances presented by the person or entity that requested the letter.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Today the U.S. Department of Labor announced the appointment of five members and leadership for the 2021 Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, also known as the ERISA Advisory Council.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia issued the following statement regarding Martin Luther King Jr. Day: “Today we honor the life and work of one of the greatest Americans not to be President – a man greater, too, than many who were. Guided by his faith and the ideals of America’s ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia issued the following statement regarding Martin Luther King Jr. Day: “Today we honor the life and work of one of the greatest Americans not to be President – a man greater, too, than many who were. Guided by his faith and the ideals of America’s ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 15, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Jan. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 15, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Jan. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 15, 2021
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Jan. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 15, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Jan. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a final rule that modernizes the H-2A Temporary Agricultural Labor Certification Program. Furthering the Trump Administration’s agenda to help American farmers, the Department’s Employment and Training Administration, and Wage and Hour Division ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of a contract to Eckerd Youth Alternatives Inc. for operations of the Potomac Job Corps Center in southwest Washington, D.C. The award is a first-of-its-kind total set-aside as part of a pilot program to enhance Job Corps participation ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $40 million through the Strengthening Community College Training Grants program to build the capacity of community colleges to meet labor market demand for a skilled workforce.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and Wage and Hour Division (WHD) today announced a new interpretation of their regulations and accompanying guidance in ongoing efforts to protect American jobs and ensure employers pay temporary foreign workers admitted under the H-1B visa program as the law requires.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced its intent to award up to $10 million in grant funding for a regional project to enhance labor compliance in key export sectors in the Republic of Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and one other African trade partner country.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced its intent to award up to $8 million in grant funding to address labor violations in illegal, unregulated and unregistered fishing in the Latin American and Caribbean regions.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced its intent to award up to $11,711,500 million in grant funding for a regional project to enhance labor compliance in key export sectors in the Republic of Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and one other African trade partner country.