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News Release: Employer: El Charro 4 Inc., operating as El Charro Mexican Restaurant, 1580 South Main St., Harrisonburg El Charro Mexican Restaurant, operating as El Charro Inc.,1570 East Market St. Harrisonburg El Charro 7 Mexican Restaurant LLC, operating as El Charro 7 Mexican Restaurant, 300 N. Main St., ...
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Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) 2021 Lower Living Standard Income Level (LLSIL) discussed on April 6 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a three page notice on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Overpayment Recovery Questionnaire (OWCP-20) discussed on April 6 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Looman: NFAW a reminder to all of 'essential role these workers play in feeding us'

The U.S. Department of Labor observed National Farmworker Awareness Week March 26-April 2 to honor laborers in the agricultural industry and push for better working conditions for these essential workers.
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Labor Department discusses Notice of a Change in Status of the Extended Benefit (EB) Program for New Jersey on April 5

The US Labor Department published a one page notice on April 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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US Department of Labor seeks input from Nevada highway construction employers to establish accurate prevailing wage rates

News Release: LAS VEGAS - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division is asking businesses in Nevada’s highway construction industries to complete a survey to help the division establish prevailing wage rates, as required by the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts. Not limited to federally funded construction projects, the survey includes active highway construction projects in Nevada between Aug. 1, 2020 and July 31, 2021.
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Workforce Information Advisory Council discussed on April 5 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on April 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Education and Labor Committee and the bills it addressed on April 6

There was activity on five bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on April 6.
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US Department of Labor proposes $796K in fines for Missouri contractor who continued to expose workers to cave-in hazards in unprotected trench

News Release: GRAIN VALLEY, MO - Nearly five years after an employee died in a trench collapse, a Missouri contractor exposed two workers to the life-threatening risk of being buried by thousands of pounds of soil as they worked in an unprotected trench weakened by water pooling in an excavation site.
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Labor Department discusses Healthcare Worker Whistleblower Stakeholder Meeting on April 6

The US Labor Department published a one page notice on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request discussed on April 6 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Walsh: Job-training grants will 'empower' American Indians, other native groups

The U.S. Department of Labor is providing $71 million in grants for education, job-training and employment assistance to American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians, groups that have historically been underserved.
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US Department of Labor investigation recovers $112K in overtime back wages, damages for 36 Detroit law firm workers

News Release: DETROIT - A Detroit law firm paid its administrative and support staff workers a salary for all hours worked but failed to pay at least 36 workers the overtime wages they earned. Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division determined that, while the employees of McKeen & ...
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US Department of Labor recovers more than $1.9M in back wages for 139 workers of Tampa employer that missed several payrolls

News Release: Employer: Romark Laboratories LC Investigation sites: 3000 Bayport Drive, Tampa FL and Carr 686 Km 1.5 Coto Norte, Manati, Puerto Rico Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found that the employer missed several payrolls from July 25 to Nov. 15, 2021. ...
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Hoye: Massachusetts company 'could have prevented this worker's injuries'

The U.S. Department of Labor cited a Sterling, Mass., manufacturer for safety violations after hot liquid plastic burned a worker.
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Foxx to Becerra: HHS is a federal agency, funded by hardworking taxpayers, not a social science experiment

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a full committee hearing on HHS’ budget and priorities...
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Labor Department discusses MET Laboratories, Inc.: Grant of Expansion of Recognition on April 5

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on April 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Bills addressed by Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on April 7

There was activity on 13 bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on April 7.
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How politicians on Education and Labor Committee dealt with bills on April 7

There was activity on 12 bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on April 7.
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US Department of Labor investigation found Virginia Beach franchisee violated child labor laws, failed to pay employees overtime

News Release: Employer name: 1802 Atlantic Co., operating as Cinnabon & Auntie Anne’s
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