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Foxx, Allen Tell NLRB to Stop Election Methods that Coerce, Disenfranchise Voters
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) sent a letter to National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) Chairman Lauren M. McFerran requesting the agency return to manual, onsite, secret-ballot elections.
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Foxx, Allen Oppose DOL Efforts to Restrict Free Speech on Behalf of Unions
Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) sent a letter yesterday to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Marty Walsh to oppose DOL’s new rule which could severely restrict the free speech of federal contractors.
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Senator Murray Helps 6K+ Child Care Programs in Washington State Keep Doors Open to Serve Families
Today, U.S.
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Murray, Hirono, Shaheen, Warren Applaud DOD Action to Ensure Access to Reproductive Care
Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), Senator Mazie K.
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Pharmaceutical Sales Representative Admits Role in Health Care Fraud and Criminal HIPAA Schemes
A former pharmaceutical sales representative admitted his role in two criminal conspiracies involving health care fraud and wrongful obtaining and disclosure of patients’ protected personal health information, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced today
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Albuquerque man indicted for mail, wire fraud
Charges arise from scheme to defraud COVID assistance program
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Doctor Sentenced for Accepting Illegal Kickback Payment in Return for Writing Prescriptions for Compounded Drugs
A doctor licensed in the states of Oklahoma and Texas was sentenced for writing and referring compounded drug prescriptions in return for illegal kickback payments, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
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Former Manager of Long Island Catering Hall Sentenced to 72 Months for Forced Labor
Defendant Threatened Filipino Nationals with Arrest and Deportation
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United States Resolves Construction and Procurement Investigation into Route 6/10 Project; Former Superintendent to Plead Guilty; Massachusetts Construction Company to Pay $1.5 Million in Connection with False Statements
United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha announced today the resolution of federal criminal and civil investigations into Barletta Heavy Division, Inc., the Massachusetts construction firm responsible for construction of the Route 6/10 Interchange Project, and Dennis Ferreira, former Superintendent for the project.
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The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces Celebrates 40th Anniversary
The Department of Justice’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) was created by Presidential Order four decades ago. On Oct. 14, 1982, in the Great Hall of the Department of Justice building, President Ronald Reagan announced a new coordinated federal government effort bringing together prosecutors and law enforcement agencies to attack the command and control elements of the drug trafficking organizations responsible for moving massive quantities of illicit narcotics into the country
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US Department of Labor initiative seeks to protect North Carolina’s sweet potato farmworkers from wage theft, other violations
US Department of Labor initiative seeks to protect North Carolina’s sweet potato farmworkers from wage theft, other violations
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US Department of Labor, Consulate of Mexico in New Orleans renew agreement to promote understanding of worker rights
US Department of Labor, Consulate of Mexico in New Orleans renew agreement to promote understanding of worker rights
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Federal court enters consent order requiring North Conway restaurant to pay $148K in tips, wages, liquidated damages to 31 employees after Department of Labor investigation
A federal court has ordered a North Conway restaurant to pay a total of $148,128 – $74,064 in tips and back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages – after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found the employers kept workers’ tips illegally and failed to pay them overtime wages when required by law.
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