News and reports from the Department of Labor.

News Release: ONAGA, KS ‒ Amid the pandemic, U.S. healthcare workers experienced a staggering 249 percent increase in injury and illness rates in 2020 while serving those in need. In fact, workers in the healthcare and social assistance industries combined, suffered more injuries and illnesses than workers in any industry in the nation.

News Release: Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC) sent a letter requesting the Government Accountability Office (GAO) review the National Labor Review Board’s (NLRB or Board) improper seating of David Prouty.

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a hearing on overcoming barriers to employment for workers with disabilities and building on recent progress, including the widespread use of inclusive practices to make work more accessible-like flexible schedules and remote options.

Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) issued the following statement regarding the Biden Administration’s announcement that beginning in early spring, Medicare beneficiaries will be able to get eight over-the-counter Covid-19 tests per month for no cost

Today, Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott (VA-03) delivered the following remarks at Speaker Pelosi’s press conference on H.R.

Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a “bridge” rule to extend emergency flexibilities for school meal nutrition standards by two years.

Today, the House Committee on Education and Labor unveiled a new Multiemployer Pension Rescue Tracker to highlight the hard-earned pensions saved and businesses protected under Congressional Democrats’ and President Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act.

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after the White House released its plan, via the task force on union organizing, to increase union bosses’ stranglehold over American workers...

News Release: BOWLING GREEN, KY - What started as an investigation of a single Bowling Green-based caregiving provider became a sweeping review of six other franchise locations across three states when investigators uncovered systemic violations by the employer.

News Release: MIRAMAR BEACH, FL - A federal investigation has recovered $47,088 for 30 employees from the operator of a Miramar Beach restaurant who denied them their rightfully earned overtime wages.

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement on the January 2022 Employment Situation Report:

There were five notices published by the Labor Department in week ending Feb. 5, according to the Federal Register.

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: WASHINGTON - From Feb. 1 through Feb. 2, approximately 5,400 workers - nearly 90 percent of eligible workers - cast votes in an historic election at the General Motors’ facility in Silao, Mexico, to determine which of the four unions on the ballot will exercise collective bargaining rights.

News Release: HENDERSON, TX - A federal investigation into fatal injuries suffered by an 86-year-old worker at a Henderson sawmill and pallet manufacturer found the company exposed workers to hazardous energy sources and lack of machine guarding.