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News Release: Yesterday, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Congressman Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona blasting the Department for its attempted cover-up of the real cost of President Biden’s illegal student loan bailout.
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US Department of Labor finds El Paso metal-plating company continues to willfully expose employees working with corrosive acids to eye injuries
News Release: EL PASO, TX - A federal workplace safety investigation of an El Paso jewelry metal-plating finisher found the company again exposing workers to serious hazards, including willfully failing to protect people working with dangerous acids and other chemicals from potentially permanent eye injuries.
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Notice published by Labor Department on Feb. 28
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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“Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 1177” published by the Congressional Record in the House section on Feb. 24
The House section of the Congressional Record published “Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 1177” on Feb. 24.
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US Department of Labor finds Mississippi medical center illegally deducted hours worked, failed to pay required overtime; recovers $201K in back wages
News Release: Employer: North Sunflower Medical Center. Investigation site: 840 N. Oak Ave. Ruleville, MS 38771. Investigation findings: Investigators with the department’s Wage and Hour Division found the employer - a healthcare facility providing services to the Humphrey, Leflore and Sunflower tri-counties area ...
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US Department of Labor to host one-day online educational seminar for agriculture industry employers, workers, other stakeholders
Release: Who: U.S. Department of Labor. What: 2023 Virtual Agricultural Seminar. When: March 7, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CST. Where: Online event. Register to attend. Background: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division will hold a 2023 Virtual Agricultural Seminar that will provide guidance ...
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House Passes Resolution Blocking Politicization of Retirement Accounts
News Release: Today, the House passed H.J. Res. 30, legislation to block the U.S. Department of Labor rule greenlighting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing in employer-sponsored retirement plans. Congressman Barr’s Congressional Review Act (CRA) measure would prevent this rule and any other similar rule from taking effect. U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) is leading companion legislation in the Senate.
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US Department of Labor effort to improve compliance, awareness in Southeast agricultural industry, protect vulnerable farmworkers continues
News Release: ATLANTA - With a nearly $1 million annual increase in back wages recovered in the Southeast for agricultural industry workers in calendar year 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division is continuing its multi-year initiative to educate industry employers about compliance, and workers about their legal protections under federal law.
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US Department of Labor, McCarthy Building Companies sign alliance to target workplace hazards at St. Louis’ BJC Campus renewal project
Release: Who: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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Derricks Standards Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements discussed on Feb. 28 by Labor Department
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Becerra: Every child in U.S. 'deserves protection and care as we would expect for our own child'
The U.S. Department of Labor has seen a 69% increase in illegal child employment by U.S. companies since 2018.
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US Department of Labor recovers $330K in back wages for 20 workers denied overtime pay by North Carolina contractor
Release: Employer: ELJ Inc. Investigation site: 133 Batting Cage Trail. Jacksonville, NC 28540. Investigation findings: Investigators with the department’s Wage and Hour Division found the North Carolina general contractor misclassified its employees as independent contractors and paid straight-time rates for ...
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Information Collections: Employee Polygraph Protection Act discussed on Feb. 28 by Labor Department
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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US Department of Labor finds El Paso metal-plating company continues to willfully expose employees working with corrosive acids to eye injuries
News Release: EL PASO, TX - A federal workplace safety investigation of an El Paso jewelry metal-plating finisher found the company again exposing workers to serious hazards, including willfully failing to protect people working with dangerous acids and other chemicals from potentially permanent eye injuries.
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US Department of Labor rule rescission returns to longstanding policy, practice on religious exemptions for federal contractors, subcontractors
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the rescission of the rule “Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clause’s Religious Exemption, " in effect since Jan. 8, 2021. The rescission ensures a return to the department’s prior policy and practice in place during ...
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Labor Department discusses Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States on Feb. 28
The US Labor Department published a four page rule on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Foxx Slams Reintroduction of Radical (PRO) Union Bosses Act
News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the fate of the (PRO) Union Bosses Act in the 118th Congress...
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Biden Administration Kills Opportunities for Faith-Based Contractors
News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Biden administration overturned a Trump-era rule protecting opportunities for faith-based contractors to seek federal government contracts...
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US Department of Labor, McCarthy Building Companies sign alliance to target workplace hazards at St. Louis' BJC Campus renewal project
News Release: US Department of Labor, McCarthy Building Companies sign alliance
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