News and reports from the Department of Labor.

Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after a Texas federal judge overturned a Department of Labor (DOL) final rule that rescinded a Trump-era rule clarifying the classification of workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a full committee markup regarding workers’ compensation programs, school safety, and Community Services Block Grants

Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), and Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) issued the following statements on the U.S.

U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a hearing focused on the broken child care system and the Democratic plan to lower child care costs, get families more child care options, and boost wages for child care workers—fully paid for by making the wealthiest pay their fair share.

Last week, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee advanced out of committee—in an overwhelming 20-2 vote—Chair Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Ranking Member Senator Richard Burr’s (R-NC) bipartisan Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats, and Pandemics Act (PREVENT Pandemics Act).

U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee and U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chair of the Special Committee on Aging, commended the U.S. Department of Education for launching a historic initiative to help phase out the subminimum wage for people with disabilities.

U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, hosted a roundtable with trans youth and families from Washington state and Texas, as well as the Human Rights Campaign, to discuss how the onslaught of attacks against trans youth and their families are affecting them—and discuss what can be done to protect them and counter these hateful attacks.

U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on the student loan payment pause and the work ahead to not only support current borrowers but lower the skyrocketing cost of higher education for future students.

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing titled, “Child Care and Preschool: Cutting Costs for Working Families.”

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Oversight and Reform Committee Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY) sent a letter to the Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Charlotte Burrows, seeking information about EEOC’s plans to return to in-person work.

The U.S. Department of Labor is reminding businesses that employ workers age 17 years and younger to be familiar with and adhere to federal child-labor laws as many minors seek to work more during spring and summer breaks from school.

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Labor Department published a one page proposed rule on March 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The U.S. Department of Labor discovered two Zaxby's locations in Georgia violated child labor and overtime laws, putting their young workers in danger, a March 9 news release said.

The US Labor Department published a five page notice on March 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.