By Labor Gazette | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced its intent to award up to $10,058,000 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 three 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 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 $10,058,000 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.
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 $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 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 three 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 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 14, 2021
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Jan. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 14, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Jan. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 14, 2021
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Jan. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 14, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Jan. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 14, 2021
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Jan. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 14, 2021
The US Labor Department published a six page rule on Jan. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced approximately $40 million in H-1B Rural Healthcare Grant Program funds awarded to partnerships of public and private entities to address rural healthcare workforce shortages in communities across the country.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia issued the following statement regarding unemployment insurance claims: “Unemployment claims are increasing due to shutdowns and other responses to rising coronavirus cases, and likely due in part to enhanced unemployment benefits. California and ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 14, 2021
News Release: DALLAS, TX – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has launched an outreach and enforcement initiative to improve compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) among businesses in the child care industry in its Southwest region.