News and reports from the Department of Labor.

News Release: ORLANDO, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed $330,446 in penalties to a Family Dollar store in Orlando after an investigation into a fatal shoplifting incident uncovered willful and repeat safety violations.

The US Labor Department published a five page notice on July 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh and Spain’s Second Vice President and Minister of Labor and Social Economy Yolanda Díaz Pérez met in Washington on July 20, 2022, to sign a Memorandum of Understanding that reasserts both countries’ commitment to addressing a wide range of concerns affecting workers and underserved populations.

News Release: Dear Mr. Hunter: Over the past several years, a series of reports have raised concerns about the conditions that children and youth experience in residential treatment facilities (RTFs).[1] While estimates vary, thousands of children and youth in the United States are placed in these facilities for...

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on July 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

A federal court order has been secured by the U.S. Department of Labor to stop a Long Island restaurant’s chef/owner from hiring minors to work at unauthorized hours of the night.

There is one release scheduled to be published on July 25.

News Release: Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Labor Department Secretary Marty Walsh regarding ignored requests for Labor Department Chief of Staff Daniel Koh’s calendar...

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), sought unanimous consent to pass her bill with Senators Tina Smith (D-MN) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to protect and expand access to family planning services-but Republican Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) blocked the legislation.

There was activity on four bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on July 21.

Support for States to Resolve Outstanding Items from the Expired Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Unemployment Compensation (UC) Programs, Including Additional Funding to Assist States with Reporting and Detection and Recovery of grant opened on July 22.

There was activity on six bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on July 21.

News Release: ORLANDO, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed $330,446 in penalties to a Family Dollar store in Orlando after an investigation into a fatal shoplifting incident uncovered willful and repeat safety violations.

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $9,122,164 in equity grants to Rhode Island and Wisconsin’s state employment insurance systems to enhance awareness and improve delivery of unemployment insurance services to people who face obstacles to access.

News Release: NEW BERN, NC - A U.S. Department of Labor investigation has recovered $56,900 for 31 assistant general managers employed by the operator of six Taco Bell franchise locations in North Carolina who shortchanged them by incorrectly denying them overtime wages.