News and reports from the Department of Labor.

News Release: LAGUNA HILLS, CA – Serving the needs of the elderly and others in residential care demands skill and commitment. More than a job, it is a vocation and a source of pride for many. Yet, regardless of the job’s essential nature, some of these workers fall victim to employers who show little concern for their employees’ well-being or for paying them all the wages they have legally earned.

News Release: LAGUNA HILLS, CA – Serving the needs of the elderly and others in residential care demands skill and commitment. More than a job, it is a vocation and a source of pride for many. Yet, regardless of the job’s essential nature, some of these workers fall victim to employers who show little concern for their employees’ well-being or for paying them all the wages they have legally earned.

News Release: WEST COVINA, CA – Garment industry workers have too often fallen victim to employers who fail to pay these vulnerable workers all of the wages they have legally earned. A recent U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation found a Los Angeles garment contractor continuing this trend and held them accountable.

News Release: CRYSTAL RIVER, FL – Few would argue with the fact that home healthcare nurses – who serve the needs of our communities and their most vulnerable – deserve all the wages they legally earn. When employers fail to pay workers like these correctly, the U.S. Department of Labor responds.

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray, Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), released the following statement on Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona’s announcement that all higher education students-including over 400,000 higher education students...

News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to Secretary Cardona’s decision to give Title IV ineligible students access to taxpayer money...

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

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

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

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

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

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

News Release: MARLTON, NJ – Six contractors constructing luxury single-family homes at the future site of Hawthorne Estates in Medford put workers at risk of serious or fatal injuries by failing to comply with federal requirements to prevent falls, the leading cause of death in the construction industry.

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS – A Minnesota lawn care and snow removal company took advantage of more than 70 temporary foreign workers – charging them higher rent than allowed, requiring them to pay for their international transportation and demanding payment to keep their jobs – all in violation of the federal H-2B Visa program. The program helps supply employers with temporary foreign workers when sufficient numbers of U.S. workers are not available.

News Release: MARLTON, NJ – Six contractors constructing luxury single-family homes at the future site of Hawthorne Estates in Medford put workers at risk of serious or fatal injuries by failing to comply with federal requirements to prevent falls, the leading cause of death in the construction industry.