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News Release: MIAMI - A Miami electrical and engineer contractor shortchanged eight workers by denying them a portion of their wages and benefits while they worked on a federally funded project at the Everglades National Park Flamingo Visitor Center in Homestead, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found.
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McDonald: OSHA 'partnership with the Associated General Contractors of Missouri helps prevent worker injuries and fatalities'
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Associated General Contractors of Missouri renewed their 25-year partnership.
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US Department of Labor cites metal buildings’ manufacturer for willfully exposing employees to amputation hazards following worker’s serious injury
News Release: IMLER, PA - After a 40-year-old worker suffered the partial amputation of one finger and an injury to a second one while cleaning a machine at a metal buildings manufacturer in January 2022, federal workplace safety inspectors found the company willfully exposed the worker to amputation hazards.
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Murray, Kaine Lead Senators, House Members, Advocates in Calling for Their Child Care Reconciliation Plan
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) led Senators, House members, and advocates from across the country in a rally on Capitol Hill to call for their child care and early learning proposal to be included in reconciliation to lower costs for families, get parents back to work, support the child care workforce, and boost our entire economy.
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Bills addressed by Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on June 9
There was activity on one bill related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on June 9.
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US Department of Labor cites Swainsboro pillow manufacturer for 7 repeat, 4 serious violations; proposes $190K in penalties
News Release: SWAINSBORO, GA - A Swainsboro pillow manufacturer whose history of safety and health violations includes three different incidents related to workers suffering amputation injuries is once again the focus of a federal workplace safety investigation, this time involving numerous repeat and serious violations.
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US Department of Labor recovers $348K in back wages, liquidated damages for 144 Arizona construction workers willfully denied overtime pay
News Release: PHOENIX - A federal investigation has recovered $348,380 in back wages and liquidated damages for 144 underpaid workers of an Arizona construction employer who failed to pay their overtime wages.
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US Department of Labor recovers $31K for 93 workers following investigations at senior residential facilities in Alabaster, Anniston
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $31,757 for 93 workers of two Alabama senior residential facilities after its investigations found the employers denied the workers overtime wages.
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US Department of Labor recovers $161K in back wages, damages for 19 Georgia auto shop workers after finding minimum wage, overtime violations
News Release: CANTON, GA - A Canton tire retailer and auto shop shortchanged 19 workers by withholding first paychecks and paying overtime at rates lower than required, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has determined.
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Foxx Challenges Biden’s Authority, Ability to Enact Blanket Student Loan Forgiveness
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona questioning the administration’s authority and ability to enact blanket student loan forgiveness.
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June 8: bills handled by Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
There was activity on three bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on June 8.
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Labor Statistics Bureau set to publish a new notice on June 10
There is one release scheduled to be published on June 10.
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What releases are upcoming from the Labor Department on June 10
There is one release scheduled to be published on June 10.
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Federal judge finds Michigan home healthcare provider liable for $93K in overtime back wages, damages to 23 workers
News Release: DETROIT - A federal judge has found Independent Home Care of Michigan LLC and its owners Mary Clark and Kathryn Flick liable to pay 23 home healthcare workers a total of $93,331 - representing $46,665 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages- after the company failed to pay companion workers overtime wages.
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US Department of Labor, McCarthy Building Companies to promote workplace safety, health at University of Georgia Poultry Science Complex
News Release: ATHENS, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has signed a strategic partnership with McCarthy Building Companies to promote worker safety and health during the construction of a poultry science lab at the University of Georgia in Athens.
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US Department of Labor takes action to reduce miners’ exposure to silica dust as work continues on an improved health standard
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration has launched a new enforcement initiative to better protect the nation’s miners from health hazards resulting from repeated overexposure to respirable crystalline silica. MSHA reports silica dust affects thousands of miners each year and, without adequate protection, miners face risks of serious illnesses, many of which can be fatal.
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US Department of Labor cites metal buildings' manufacturer for willfully, exposing employees to amputation hazards following worker's serious injury
News Release: IMLER, PA - After a 40-year-old worker suffered the partial amputation of one finger and an injury to a second one while cleaning a machine at a metal buildings manufacturer in January 2022, federal workplace safety inspectors found the company willfully exposed the worker to amputation hazards.
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US Department of Labor cites New York agricultural products manufacturer after worker’s partial grain silo engulfment
News Release: SYRACUSE, NY - On Nov. 29, 2021, a supervisor at McDowell and Walker Inc. - a manufacturer and supplier of grains, feeds and other agricultural products - told an untrained employee to enter a grain bin to clear a feed buildup that clogged a silo entry point at the company’s Afton facility.
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Murray Statement Following Senate Vote On Lisa Gomez Nomination to Lead Employee Benefits Security Administration
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement on the Senate vote on the nomination of Lisa Gomez to serve as Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA).
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Murray, Warren Lead Over 20 Senators Urging President Biden to Issue Executive Order to Defend Americans’ Right to an Abortion
News Release: Washington, D.C. - United States Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led 23 of their Senate colleagues in a letter to President Biden urging him to immediately issue an executive order directing the federal government to develop a national plan to defend Americans’ fundamental reproductive rights, including their right to an abortion.
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