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Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 210,000 in November, and the unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percentage point to 4.2 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
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Queens contractor failed to provide lifesaving fall protection, training to employees at Brooklyn worksite, US Department of Labor finds
News Release: NEW YORK - A federal workplace safety investigation has found a Queens construction contractor failed to provide and ensure the use of effective fall protection safeguards that would have prevented the death of a worker who fell about 60 feet from a roof on May 27, 2021, during demolition of a Brooklyn building.
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Foxx Leads Letter Slamming Biden Administration for Undermining Student Safety in Schools
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), and Early Childhood, Elementary, Secondary Education Subcommittee Republican Leader Burgess Owens (R-UT), and Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee Republican Leader Russ Fulcher (R-ID) sent a letter to Department of ...
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Labor Department publishes proposed rule on Dec. 3
The US Labor Department published a one page proposed rule on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Rule published on Dec. 3 by Labor Department
The US Labor Department published a one page rule on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Secretary Walsh visits Port of Los Angeles, discusses economic recovery and supply chain with local leaders
Today, U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh visited the Port of Los Angeles to discuss the Biden-Harris administration’s historic economic growth and the easing of supply chain disruptions.
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US Department of Labor finds Florida logistics solutions provider shortchanged wages of 31 yard hostlers at Texas distribution center
With a sharpening focus on the impact of “supply chains” on the timely delivery of goods, many Americans now understand that their ability to obtain goods and services depends on the hard work of logistics industry workers.At a Lancaster distribution center, 31 logistics workers recently discovered their employer wrongly claimed they were not entitled to overtime pay, leading to a U.S.
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US Department of Labor extends comment period for rulemaking to protect indoor and outdoor workers from heat hazards
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is extending the period for submitting comments on the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings. Comments on the ANPRM must now be submitted by Jan. 26, 2022.
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In Speech on Senate Floor, Senator Murray Continues Push for Lowering Child Care Costs Through Build Back Better
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Yesterday, in a speech on the Senate floor, former pre-school teacher and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, highlighted how the historic child care and caregiving policies in the Build Back Better package would lower costs for working families, help get people back to work, and keep our economic recovery on track.
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Keller: Democrat Proposals Will Bury Businesses in Red Tape
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Workforce Protections Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Keller (R-PA) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on ineffective and mismanaged federal workers’ compensation programs...
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UPDATED: US Department of Labor cites one of the nation's largest pork processors for exposing workers to repetitive motion injuries, placing essential workers at risk
News Release: GUYMON, OK - A Guymon processing and packing facility - operated by one of the nation's largest pork processors - failed to prevent workers from being exposed to repetitive motion injuries and did not record injuries that needed more than basic first-aid.
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HELP Committee Advances DOL, OSHRC, NEA, and NEH Nominees
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 mark-up on nominees to the Department of Labor (DOL), the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC), the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), ...
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Senate committee vote on key Labor nominations scheduled Thursday
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee is scheduled to meet Thursday, Dec. 2, to consider two U.S. Department of Labor nominees
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As SCOTUS Hears Challenge to Roe, Senator Murray Vows to Keep Fighting to Protect Abortion Rights
News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, gave a speech on the Senate floor on the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization-a direct challenge to Roe...
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November 2021: Eight press releases published by Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
There were eight press releases published by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in November 2021.
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US Department of Labor again cites New York roofing contractor for exposing workers to falls – industry’s leading cause of death
News Release: TARRYTOWN, NY - Three federal safety inspections at a Suffern condominium complex confirmed a Rockland County roofing contractor repeatedly exposed residential roof workers to potentially deadly falls from heights of 18 to 20 feet.
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Foxx: Democrats Continue to Turn a Blind Eye to AmeriCorps’ Fraud and Mismanagement
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the full Committee hearing on AmeriCorps’ latest failed audit...
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Foxx: Biden Admin is Hostile to Free Exercise of Religion
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor in opposition to the Department of Labor’s (DOL) attack on religious freedom.
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Public press releases: House Committee on Education and Labor publishes 53 in November 2021
There were 53 press releases published by the House Committee on Education and Labor in November 2021.
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Proposed rule published by Labor Department on Dec. 1
The US Labor Department published a two page proposed rule on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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