News and reports from the Department of Labor.

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.

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Release: Employer name: Sinclair & Rush Inc.

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Wage and Hour Division is seeking to add 100 investigators to its team to support its enforcement efforts including the protection of workers’ wages, migrant and seasonal workers, rights to family and medical leave and prevailing wage requirements for workers on federal contracts.

News Release: PAGO PAGO, AS - A federal investigation recovered $23,358 in back wages for eight employees of a Pago Pago employer who failed to pay eight workers for work performed before and after their scheduled shifts. The employer required the work but failed to record the time and pay for the hours. Additionally, the employer illegally deducted meal breaks and lodging costs from worker’s pay.

News Release: SEATTLE - A federal investigation recovered $96,973 in back wages and liquidated damages from the operator of 11 frozen yogurt shops in Washington and Oregon who allowed store managers to take a portion of workers’ tips illegally, and failed to pay some workers overtime wages when they worked over 40 hours in a workweek. The employer also did not keep an accurate record of hours worked.

Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement applauding the latest report of gross domestic product from Bureau of Economic Analysis

Bicameral Democratic Health Committee Chairs wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure today to express their strong support for the Biden Administration’s policies included in the proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2023 (Proposed NBPP), which will build on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), lower health care costs for consumers, and make coverage options more equitable. The letter was signed by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E.

Today, the first day of Black History Month, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement

Welcome to the first Ways and Means Committee hearing for the second session of the 117th Congress, and the Committee’s first hearing on mental health in more than a decade.

Today, Ways and Means Committee Racial Equity Initiative Co-Chairs, Reps. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), and Terri Sewell (D-AL), released the following statement applauding the Administration for Children and Families’ (ACF) National Call to Action on racial equity

From the earliest days of the pandemic, people with disabilities have paid a high price, borne a heavy burden, and endured untold losses.

Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the America COMPETES Act of 2022

Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E.

Dorsey Tire Co. will pay $79,000 in back wages after a U.S. Department of Labor Investigation found employers failed to calculate overtime hours properly by not including time spent on after-hour service calls.