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Ocean County landscaping company ordered to pay $220K in back wages, civil penalties after federal investigation, administrative law judge decision, order

News Release: BAYVILLE, NJ - Following a U.S. Department of Labor investigation, an administrative law judge ordered a commercial landscaping company based in Bayville to pay 47 temporary landscaping workers $181,670.19 in back wages. The employer will also pay $38,329.81 in civil money penalties.

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US Department of Labor, AGC of South Dakota sign alliance to educate workers, employers on construction’s deadly hazards

News Release: SIOUX FALLS, SD - Each year, hundreds of workers are injured - some fatally - on construction sites. So, as the spring construction season gets into full swing, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and more than 500 voluntary employee members of the Associated General Contractors of South Dakota are teaming up to protect workers from common construction industry hazards.

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Foxx, McHenry Question CFPB, FSA Heads About Collusion on Student Loans

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Financial Services Committee Republican Leader Patrick McHenry (R-NC) sent letters to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra and the Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) Chief Operating Officer Richard Cordray regarding the agencies’ oversight of the federal student loan programs.

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Foxx on the Return of Card Check

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo’s latest endeavor on behalf of the Biden administration to expand union membership by urging the NLRB to overturn 50 years of precedent and reinstate the 1949 Joy Silk Mills standard, which empowers the NLRB to impose union representation on workers without an official election...

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Secretary Walsh, Minister Schramböck sign memorandum of understanding to expand Registered Apprenticeship programs in the US

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh and the Austrian Minister for Digital and Economic Affairs Dr. Margarete Schramböck signed a memorandum of understanding today to expand Registered Apprenticeships among Austrian companies and Austrian-invested companies in the U.S. to promote job creation ...

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What did Labor Department publish on April 13?

The US Labor Department published a three page notice on April 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

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US Department of Labor recovers $176K in back wages after investigation finds employer illegally shortchanged nine Bay Area health care workers

News Release: UNION CITY, CA - A federal investigation has recovered $176,193 in back wages for nine health care workers after the owner of four Bay Area residential care homes denied them overtime pay.

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Restaurant operator pays $176K in overtime back wages to 97 workers at 7 Virginia, Maryland locations

News Release: Employer: Kevsal Inc., operating as Jose Tequilas Mexican Grill & Bar, 615 Thimble Shoals, Newport News Jose Tequilas Inc., operating as Jose Tequilas Mexican Grill & Bar, 2052 Lynnhaven Parkway, Virginia Beach Tapatio Inc., operating as Jose Tequilas Mexican Grill & Bar, 2101 McComas Way, Virginia ...

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April 14: bills handled by Education and Labor Committee

There was activity on five bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on April 14.

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US Department of Labor recovers $153K for 17 shortchanged workers after investigation uncovers half-baked overtime policies, child labor violations

News Release: HONOLULU - A federal investigation recovered $153,070 in back wages and liquidated damages for 17 workers of a Honolulu bakery and café whose operator denied them their overtime wages and endangered the safety of minor-aged workers.

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Labor Department discusses Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Numbers Under the Paperwork Reduction Act on April 13

The US Labor Department published a three page notice on April 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

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Senator Murray Joins Planned Parenthood Leaders to Celebrate New Title X Funding for Washington State, Vows to Defend Reproductive Rights Amid Republican Attacks

U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Planned Parenthood leaders and a Title X patient at a Planned Parenthood health center in Seattle to talk about how the $4.5 million in Title X funding she helped deliver for Washington state will get patients the reproductive health care they need—and how she will keep fighting to protect and strengthen the program in the face of Republicans’ extreme attacks on reproductive rights.

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Notice published by Labor Department on April 12

The US Labor Department published a one page notice on April 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

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US Department of Labor cites Wisconsin manufacturer after machine seriously injures worker

News Release: WESTON, WI - An employee working at Crystal Finishing Systems Inc.’s aluminum extrusion facility in Weston was hospitalized with serious injuries after being struck by a puller machine while trying to unjam a piece of aluminum.

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Secretary Walsh joins Vice President Kamala Harris to announce first ever national emphasis program to protect workers from indoor and outdoor heat hazards

News Release: WASHINGTON - For the first time, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched a National Emphasis Program to protect millions of workers from heat illness and injuries. Through the program, OSHA will conduct heat-related workplace inspections before workers suffer completely preventable injuries, illnesses or, even worse, fatalities.