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The US Labor Department published a two page rule on May 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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May 6: bills handled by Education and Labor Committee

There was activity on two bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on May 6.
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Statement by US Secretary of Labor Walsh on April Jobs Report

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement on the April 2022 Employment Situation Report:
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Notice published on May 6 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Donovan: U.S. employers 'must protect their workers' if they work for a day, a season or all year

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration established a Local Emphasis Program in Wisconsin to reduce workplace dangers in food production facilities.
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DOL-ETA grant application closes on June 6

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Youth Activities Program Allotments for Program Year (PY) 2022. grant opened on May 6.
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DOL-ETA offers new grant application process starting May 6

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Workforce Information Grants Allotments for Program Year (PY) 2022. grant opened on May 6.
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US Department of Labor, stakeholders sign partnership to train, protect workers from construction hazards at Wisconsin Center Expansion project

News Release: MILWAUKEE - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Wisconsin On-Site Safety and Health Consultation Program, Gilbane Building Co., C.D. Smith Construction and labor unions are partnering to protect worker safety and health at the Wisconsin Center Expansion project in Milwaukee.
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DOL-ETA grant application closes on June 6

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Dislocated Worker Program Allotments for Program Year (PY) 2022. grant opened on May 6.
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Labor Department discusses Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Petition Requirements and Investigative Data Collection: Trade Act of 1974, as Amended on May 5

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee and the bills it addressed on May 5

There was activity on three bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on May 5.
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Senator Murray Holds Roundtable At Seattle Crisis Hotline Center Pressing Sec. Becerra for Stronger Federal Mental Health Response

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, hosted a roundtable at Crisis Connections, a crisis hotline center in Seattle, where U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra heard directly from...
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Senator Murray Rallies to Protect the Right to Abortion Alongside Washington State Women Leaders

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Washington state women leaders at a Seattle Planned Parenthood clinic to sound the alarm about the urgent need to protect the right to abortion and pass the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA), in the wake of news that the Supreme Court plans to overturn Roe v. Wade and end the constitutional right to abortion.
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Jobs for Veterans State Grants Reports discussed on May 5 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a one page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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DOL-ETA offers new grant application process starting May 6

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Employment Service (ES) Allotments for Program Year (PY) 2022. grant opened on May 6.
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DOL-ETA grant application closes on June 6

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Adult Activities Program Allotments for Program Year (PY) 2022. grant opened on May 6.
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Foxx: Democrats Pour More Money Down the Drain

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding the Central States Pension Plan request for billions in bailout assistance from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)...
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US Department of Labor cites 2 Georgia construction contractors after Yellow River bridge collapse takes worker’s life

News Release: COVINGTON, GA - A federal workplace safety investigation has determined that two companies failed to follow required safety standards that could have prevented a bridge collapse and spared the life of a 33-year-old worker on a demolition project in Covington on Oct. 19, 2021.
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Murray Leads Senate Democratic Women in the Fight to Protect the Right to Abortion, Pass WHPA

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) led and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), led a press conference with the Democratic women of the Senate to speak out against Republicans’ incessant attacks on the right to abortion in light of recent reporting on a leaked decision showing the...
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