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Workforce Pathways for Youth grant opened on March 8.
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UL LLC: Grant of Expansion of Recognition and Modification to the NRTL Program's List of Appropriate Test Standards discussed on March 7 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Getting their full cut: US Department of Labor recovers $331K in back wages for 413 Sioux City slaughterhouse workers

News Release: SIOUX CITY, IA - Slaughterhouse workers spend long hours on their feet to process livestock and put beef, pork and other meats on the nation’s dinner tables - essential work that keeps Americans fed. For their labor, employers are legally required to ensure these workers are paid all their rightful wages.
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Susan Harwood Training Grant Program, Workplace Safety and Health Training on Infectious Diseases, Including COVID-19 Grants discussed on March 7 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a one page notice on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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DOL announces $85 million in available funding to support underserved youth, young adults in communities stricken with violence, poverty

While the causes are many and the remedies sometimes complex, the reality for young people from ages 10 to 24 in the nation’s underserved communities is sadly simple: violence and poverty is stopping many from realizing their potential and blocking access to equity in education and employment.
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US Department of Labor finds employer’s pay practices denied 119 Ohio healthcare workers $603K in overtime back wages

News Release: COLUMBUS, OH- Home healthcare workers assist their clients with daily living tasks and even stay overnight at their homes to provide around-the-clock care. Despite their essential labor, these workers are sometimes denied all their rightful wages by their employer’s illegal pay practices, as federal investigators found in a recent labor investigation in Columbus.
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Labor Department discusses Request for Comment on March 7

The US Labor Department published a three page notice on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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US Department of Labor serves up $188K in back wages, damages for 104 workers at three Chicago pizzerias as employer tries to defy investigators

News Release: CHICAGO - While Sarpino’s Pizzeria locations in Chicago promise quick delivery when customers call, the business’ operator was much less responsive when U.S. Department of Labor investigators chose to review the employer’s pay practices.
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US Department of Labor recovers $39K in back wages, damages for 19 workers under federal contract at FAA facility in Pensacola

News Release: PENSACOLA, FL - A commercial cleaning contractor shortchanged 19 workers at a Federal Aviation Administration worksite in Pensacola by failing to combine hours worked at different job sites and not paying prevailing wages and benefits required on federally funded contracts, the U.S. Department of Labor has found.
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Federal court orders Missouri mine owner – who forced inspectors off the road – to allow US Department of Labor inspectors to complete safety inspections

A federal district court judge issued an injunction to prevent a Missouri mine operator and its owner from stopping federal inspectors from completing workplace safety inspections now and in the future at the Partridge Sand & Gravel mine in Stone.The court action follows an incident at the mine on Aug. 17, 2021, when inspectors with the U.S.
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Investigations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance discussed on March 7 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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US Department of Labor announces enforcement, effort for focused inspections in hospitals, nursing care facilities treating COVID-19 patients

For two years, millions of the nation’s healthcare workers have been battling the coronavirus. Many have endangered themselves as they care for those who contract COVID-19 while working in high-risk settings that expose themselves and their families.
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OSHA publishes interim final rule for handling retaliation complaints under the Taxpayer First Act

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today published an interim final rule establishing procedures and time frames for handling employee retaliation complaints under the Taxpayer First Act.
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US Department of Labor announces $3.2M in Susan Harwood grants for workplace safety, health training on infectious diseases, including COVID-19

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced the availability of $3.2 million in funds from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for Susan Harwood Workplace Safety and Health Training on Infectious Diseases, Including COVID-19 grants.
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Labor Department discusses Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance on March 7

The US Labor Department published a three page notice on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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US Department of Labor announces final amendments to six class exemptions

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a final notice of amendments to six class exemptions from the prohibited transaction rules in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code.
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Procedures for the Handling of Retaliation Complaints Under the Taxpayer First Act (TFA) discussed on March 7 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a one page rule on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Labor Department publishes notice on March 7

The US Labor Department published a three page notice on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Labor Department discusses Inorganic Arsenic Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements on March 7

The US Labor Department published a three page notice on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Federal inspection finds West Virginia brick manufacturer exposed workers to respirable crystalline silica hazards at Martinsburg plant

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Continental Brick Co. after an investigation found the employer exposed workers to respirable crystalline silica at the company's brick manufacturing facility in Martinsburg.
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