News and reports from the Department of Labor.

News Release: CHICAGO - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found Wells Fargo violated the whistleblower protection provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for improperly terminating a Chicago area-based senior manager in the company's commercial banking segment.

There was activity on four bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on Aug. 30.

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

A federal appeals court unanimously ruled a Lake County, Minn., iron ore mine owner flagrantly broke the Mine Safety and Health Act in 2016 by ordering miners to work on an elevated walkway that had been deemed unsafe for more than a year.

A U.S. Department of Labor program that holds violators accountable for violating workers’ rights has made substantial headway in the Southeast.

An Office of Health and Safety Administration investigation into a fire that broke out on a drilling platform located in Sabine Pass, Texas, found the two companies operating at the platform violated safety procedures.

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an opportunity for up to $12 million in grant funding to strengthen democratic, independent workers’ organizations and help promote labor rights in supply chains in Brazil, Colombia and Peru. The project will focus on underserved communities and seek to advance gender and racial equity.

News Release: Employer: Holiday Beach Rentals Inc. Investigation site: 17614 Ashley Drive Panama City Beach, FL 32413 Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found that - while the Panama City Beach vacation rental provider paid its property managers at least the minimum ...

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a funding opportunity of up to $5 million in grant funding to improve workplace protections for women in Liberia and Nigeria, particularly women from underserved groups or populations.

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Aug. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor kicked off Labor Rights Week 2022 today with the first in a series of nationwide events at the Consular Section of the Mexican Embassy in Washington. Department representatives met with Ambassador Esteban Moctezuma, Rafael Laveaga, Chief of Consular Section of ...

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Aug. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Aug. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: Committee on Education and Labor Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Department of Education (Department) Secretary Miguel Cardona regarding a proposed rule on comprehensive reviews of change in ownership. This rule will not fix the problems plaguing the control and conversion application process, but it does unfairly target proprietary institutions.