News and reports from the Department of Labor.

News Release: Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) penned a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona in response to the announcement that the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) will not seek an extension of its federal student loan servicing contract.

News Release: Washington D.C. - Today, Senator Patty Murray, Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee and Congresswoman Sylvia R. Garcia (TX-29), issued the following statement regarding President Biden’s decision to stop detaining pregnant, nursing, and postpartum migrant women at the border.

News Release: CHICAGO - To combat the dangers workers face in grain handling, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Ohio On-Site Consultation Program, the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation and the Ohio Agribusiness Association signed an alliance on July 9, 2021. The two-year...

News Release: BUFFALO - On July 7, 2020, 35-year-old Timothy Barber collapsed at the end of his shift after working on the Genesee River Bridge Project in Geneseo. Treated for heat stress and heat exhaustion, he died from hyperthermia on his second day on the job.

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on July 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – On Thursday, July 8, the U.S. and Mexico announced a comprehensive plan to ensure that international labor standards are being enforced at the General Motors’ facility in Silao, Mexico. This effort represents the first step of remediation under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Through this type of enforcement, American workers are protected from unfair trade practices and are able to compete and succeed in the manufacturing sector.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement on the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s issuance of an interim final rule implementing Special Financial Assistance to financially troubled multiemployer pension plans: “Every working person deserves to retire with ...

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement on the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s issuance of an interim final rule implementing Special Financial Assistance to financially troubled multiemployer pension plans: “Every working person deserves to retire with ...

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – On Thursday, July 8, the U.S. and Mexico announced a comprehensive plan to ensure that international labor standards are being enforced at the General Motors’ facility in Silao, Mexico. This effort represents the first step of remediation under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Through this type of enforcement, American workers are protected from unfair trade practices and are able to compete and succeed in the manufacturing sector.

News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement in response to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) encouraging schools to reopen fully in the fall...

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

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

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

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on July 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on July 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.