News and reports from the Department of Labor.

The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued a report that the true cost of the so-called Build Back Better bill is over double what Democrats initially advertised.

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The U.S. Department of Labor has extended the deadline for submitting nominations to serve on the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health.

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and every Republican Member of the Education and Labor Committee sent a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Marty Walsh expressing strong opposition to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) authoritarian vaccination-and-testing diktat. The letter urges the DOL to withdraw the deeply flawed and unlawful emergency temporary standard (ETS).

The U.S. Department of Labor today announced funding of $2,677,470 to the Texas Workforce Commission to provide workforce training services at Fort Hood and in seven counties to military service members and their spouses dislocated by delays caused by the pandemic.

News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, took to the Senate floor to slam Republicans’ dangerous political ploy to overturn the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS)-a key tool to protect workers, get more people vaccinated, help end the pandemic, and keep our economic recovery on track.

Boone Logistics Services LLC, a Florida-based logistics solutions provider, reportedly shortchanged the wages of 31 yard hostlers at its Texas distribution center, claiming they had not been entitled to overtime pay for their work.

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health Committee, and Kevin Wren, a type 1 diabetic and health care advocate from Seattle, joined Protect Our Care to discuss the Build Back Better Act’s critical provisions to make insulin more affordable. A Washington...

News Release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee Republican Leader Russ Fulcher (R-ID) sent a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Marty Walsh expressing opposition to the DOL’s proposed rescission of religious liberty protections for federal contractors.

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement in response to the Senate passing the Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to nullify President Biden’s vaccine mandate for private employers and workers.

The US Labor Department published a one page rule on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

 A Louisville pharmacist who fraudulently billed healthcare benefit plans for $188,157 in unfilled prescriptions will serve 9 months in prison and 2 years of supervised release after pleading guilty in federal court. The U.S.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has recently issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) requesting public input on its proposal to revise the process used to calculate hourly Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWR) for the H-2A program.