By Labor Gazette | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: ALLENTOWN, PA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) elevated its longstanding alliance with the Lehigh Valley Safety Committee (LVSC), a consortium of organizations in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, to “ambassador” status at a virtual signing ceremony today.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of a $2 million cooperative agreement to the International Labor Organization to implement a project to improve the government’s enforcement and promotion of labor laws and standards that are consistent with international labor standards, in one or more specific economic sectors in Armenia.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of a $5 million cooperative agreement to Partners of the Americas to implement a project to improve compliance with labor laws in the port sector of Colombia.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of a $3 million cooperative agreement to the International Labor Organization to implement a project to improve compliance with international labor standards and acceptable conditions of work in the Republic of Kenya. The project will engage civil society organizations, including workers’ organizations, government, and employers to achieve these improvements in two key export sectors.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a Final Rule to help protect the wages and job opportunities of American workers by reforming the wage methodology it uses to set prevailing wage rates to prevent potential abuses of its Permanent Employment Certification, H-1B, H-1B1 and E-3 Visa foreign worker programs. The Department’s Employment and Training Administration administers the foreign labor programs covered by the Department’s wage methodology.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a Final Rule to help protect the wages and job opportunities of American workers by reforming the wage methodology it uses to set prevailing wage rates to prevent potential abuses of its Permanent Employment Certification, H-1B, H-1B1 and E-3 Visa foreign worker programs. The Department’s Employment and Training Administration administers the foreign labor programs covered by the Department’s wage methodology.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor took a range of actions to aid American workers and employers as our nation combats the coronavirus pandemic.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: BETHESDA, MD – The U.S. Department of Labor and Lockheed Martin Corp.’s RMS Engineering & Technology Unit have entered into an Early Resolution Conciliation Agreement to resolve allegations of hiring discrimination found by the Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). While not admitting liability in the investigation, Lockheed Martin Corp. entered into an Early Resolution Conciliation Agreement and agreed to enhance future compliance proactively.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Classic Air Charter LLC – a federal contractor based in Melbourne, Florida – has paid $141,047 in back wages to employees in Louisiana to resolve violations of the McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor took a range of actions to aid American workers and employers as our nation combats the coronavirus pandemic.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: BETHESDA, MD – The U.S. Department of Labor and Lockheed Martin Corp.’s RMS Engineering & Technology Unit have entered into an Early Resolution Conciliation Agreement to resolve allegations of hiring discrimination found by the Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). While not admitting liability in the investigation, Lockheed Martin Corp. entered into an Early Resolution Conciliation Agreement and agreed to enhance future compliance proactively.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Classic Air Charter LLC – a federal contractor based in Melbourne, Florida – has paid $141,047 in back wages to employees in Louisiana to resolve violations of the McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 11, 2021
The US Labor Department published a six page rule on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 11, 2021
The US Labor Department published a four page rule on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 11, 2021
The US Labor Department published a seven page rule on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 11, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page rule on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 11, 2021
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 11, 2021
The US Labor Department published a seven page proposed rule on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 11, 2021
The US Labor Department published a six page proposed rule on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 11, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page proposed rule on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.