News and reports from the Department of Labor.

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is initiating an enforcement program that identifies employers who failed to submit Form 300A data through the agency’s Injury Tracking Application (ITA). Annual electronic submissions are required by establishments...

Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after the Biden administration announced that it will move all borrowers who have defaulted on their student loans into good standing:

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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Employer: Romark Laboratories LCInvestigation sites: 3000 Bayport Drive, Tampa FL  and  Carr 686 Km 1.5 Coto Norte, Manati, Puerto RicoInvestigation findings: U.S.

US Department of Labor investigation finds Virginia restaurants operator denied 55 workers at 6 locations $196K in overtime back wages

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.

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.

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement after the Biden Administration announced its four-month extension to the student loan repayment freeze, the fourth such extension under this Administration:

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, along with Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D.

There was activity on seven bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on April 4.

A public education campaign stressing the importance of mental health-friendly workplaces was unveiled March 29 at the Society of Human Resource Management’s Workplace Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.

There was activity on one bill related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on April 4.

News Release: MEXICO CITY- During an official visit to Mexico, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor Julie Su today announced new investments by the department to support strengthening workers’ rights, promoting freedom of association, the right to bargain collectively, and the elimination of child and forced labor.