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“The Biden administration’s focus on wrong-headed policy, like the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) authoritarian vaccination-and-testing diktat, has directly contributed to the COVID-19 testing shortage now plaguing the country.

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Foxx, Luetkemeyer Op-Ed: Democrats Want to Weaponize OSHA Against Small Businesses
Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Biden administration announced it would extend the pause on student loan repayments yet again

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Murray On the Importance of Biden Plan to Ensure Testing is Free and Available Amid Omicron Threat
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement in response to President Biden’s speech outlining the Administration’s latest efforts to respond to the surging Omicron variant of COVID-19.

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PBGC Approves Special Financial Assistance Application
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the plan application for the Idaho Signatory Employers-Laborers Pension Plan (Idaho Signatory) in Portland, Ore.

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US Department of Labor releases Supplemental Statement on private equity investments in participant-directed retirement savings plans
The U.S. Department of Labor today released a Supplemental Statement clarifying a June 2020 Information Letter on private equity investments as a component of a professionally managed asset allocation fund offered as an investment option in participant-directed retirement savings plans, such as 401(k) plans.

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US Department of Labor finds Fairdale country club failed to pay minimum, overtime wages, violated child labor laws; recovers $21K for 43 workers
A Fairdale country club operator failed to pay some workers minimum hourly wages, denied overtime pay to other workers, paid incorrect overtime rates to others, and assigned minor-aged workers duties not permitted by law, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found.

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US Department of Labor recovers $33K in back wages for five workers after investigation revealed Apex company violated federal wage laws
The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $33,230 in back wages for five employees working on a federally funded construction project in Fayetteville. Investigators found the employer failed to pay workers all wages earned as required by the Davis Bacon Act.

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Contractor faces possible incarceration for failing to abide by court’s orders after willfully, repeatedly subjecting roofing workers to serious safety hazards
A Florida-based roofing contractor – with a long history of exposing his workers to the serious and potentially fatal risks related to falls – faces possible incarceration for his failure to comply with court orders once again.

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US Department of Labor cites two contractors after 25-foot fall fatally injures one carpenter, seriously injures another at Bradenton Beach project
Two men doing framing work at a residential construction project in Bradenton Beach on June 23, 2021, had no warning when the platform beneath them failed, causing both to fall about 25 feet – roughly two stories – to the ground. Head trauma killed a 49-year-old carpenter and crew leader, who died at the scene.

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US Department of Labor awards $5M grant to combat illegal fishing, improve working conditions in Peru, Ecuador’s fishing sectors
The U.S. Department of Labor today awarded $5 million in a cooperative agreement for the International Labour Organization focused on strengthening decent working conditions in Peru and Ecuador by combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in coastal communities.

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US Department of Labor awards $8.3M in funding to Kentucky to support tornado clean up, recovery after recent devastation
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced $8,333,333 in funding to the Commonwealth of Kentucky to support disaster-relief employment after a series of deadly tornadoes on Dec. 10 caused extensive damage.

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Chairman Scott Statement on Extension of Student Loan Pause
Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the Biden Administration announced an extension in the pause of student loan repayment, collections, and interest accrual.

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Partners of the Americas awarded $10 million to promote gender equity, reduce workplace discrimination in Mexico
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently awarded $10 million in funding to the Partners of the Americas for promoting gender equity and reducing workplace discrimination and harassment in Mexico.

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OSHA finds roofing contractors willfully ignored fall protections that ‘cost a young man his life’
Two Ohio-based roofing companies were recently found by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to have knowingly disregarded fall protections resulting in a 19-year-old employee’s death at Neville Island, Pennsylvania in June.

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Federal court orders operators of Massachusetts care facility to pay over $30,000 in legal fees, comply with OSHA subpoena
The operators of a behavioral health care facility in Attleboro, Massachusetts have recently been ordered to pay $30,515.63 in legal fees after failing to comply with an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued subpoena for video footage of violent incidents involving employees.

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DOL provides $5 million grant to promote workers’ rights in three Central American countries
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently awarded a $5 million grant to the American Center for International Labor Solidarity (ACILS) to assist in protecting workers’ rights in the agricultural sector in Honduras and Guatemala and the clothing industry in El Salvador.

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DOL awards $8 million grant to promote worker safety in El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently awarded an $8 million grant to support the improvement of workplace safety and employee health in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.

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DOL distributes $5 million in grant funding to reduce, prevent forced labor, child labor in Malaysia
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has recently awarded $5 million in grant funds to help combat forced labor and child labor in the Malaysian palm oil and garment industries.
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What did Labor Department publish on Dec. 27?
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Notice published on Dec. 27 by Labor Department
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

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