News and reports from the Department of Labor.

The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a final rule that allows plan fiduciaries to consider climate change and other environmental, social and governance factors when they select retirement investments and exercise shareholder rights, such as proxy voting.

NYS Teamsters Conference Plan Will Restore Benefits Through Receipt of Special Financial Assistance

Teamsters Plan Averts Plan Insolvency and Reduction of Benefits Through Receipt of Special Financial Assistance

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Nov. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Last week, the nonprofit, nonpartisan National Academy of Social Insurance published their annual, comprehensive study of trends in workers’ compensation.

At the Mine Safety and Health Administration, we are urging miners and mine operators to stay alert during winter months when cold temperatures increase safety hazards.

With the 2022 holiday season here, retailers are hiring hundreds of thousands of seasonal workers to meet the increased demand.

Our nation’s workers deserve a secure retirement. They work hard to earn their retirement benefits and rightfully expect the people who manage their plans to work just as hard to invest and protect their retirement plan’s assets wisely.

I love National Apprenticeship Week because it gives me a chance to share something that I’ve believed in and championed for my entire career: Registered Apprenticeship changes lives and strengthens our economy.

The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Nov. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded $1,253,728 to the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet to help the commonwealth start a Short-Time Compensation program, a unique approach to prevent worker layoffs by enabling states to pay partial unemployment benefits when an employer must reduce employees’ work hours during economic downturns.

The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Nov. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is seeking nominations for membership on the Maritime Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health.

Federal safety investigators found a Schaumburg excavating contractor has again failed to follow federally mandated safety measures to protect workers from potentially deadly trenches cave-ins.

When federal workplace safety inspectors opened an investigation at a Dollar General store in Columbus, they discovered violations that were all-too-familiar and the kind that has led to more than $15 million in proposed penalties since 2017 for one of the nation’s largest discount retailers.