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Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh met with a group of immigrant workers and worker activists in Washington, D.C., to discuss the significance of protecting these employees and fostering ties among people who care about their welfare.
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There is one release scheduled to be published on Oct. 14.
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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' September 2022 Employment Situation Report showed the U.S. economy gained 263,000 jobs last month, growth that was "widespread" across industries and demographics, according to Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration is hosting the annual Training Resources Applied to Mining conference at the National Mine Health and Safety Academy in Beaver, West Virginia, from Oct. 11 to 13.
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News Release: The lawmakers are investigating the Department of Education allowing COVID relief funds to be used to indoctrinate America’s children in leftist ideology
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the Biden administration’s final “family glitch" rule...
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A Massachusetts courier service that allegedly misclassified drivers as independent contractors must pay $575,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to the 62 drivers.
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Keller (R-PA) issued this statement following the Department of Labor’s release of a proposed rule on worker classification, which will severely restrict individuals’ ability to work as independent contractors...
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor will publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Oct. 13 to help employers and workers determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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There is one release scheduled to be published on Oct. 13.
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News Release: BIRMINGHAM, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a federal court order to stop an Alexander City manufacturer of Hyundai and Kia auto parts from employing 13-, 14- and 15-year-old workers illegally, and to prevent the company from shipping or delivering any goods produced in violation of federal child labor laws.
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News Release: GOLDSBORO, NC - A federal investigation has recovered $157,287 in back wages for 65 workers after finding that a Goldsboro-based restaurant’s pay practices denied the workers their full wages by keeping portions of their earned tips.
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (R-MO) issued the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirmed that the Biden administration’s rule implementing Democrats’ uncapped handout to multiemployer pension plans will cost $4.5 billion more than CBO’s initial estimate...
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) led eight letters to Biden administration agencies that fall under the jurisdiction of the Committee to denounce and call attention to multiple instances of executive overreach.
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Subcommittee Republican Leader Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Agriculture Committee Republican Leader Glenn “GT" Thompson (R-PA), Oversight and Reform Committee Republican Leader James...
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News Release: After receiving an Office of Inspector General (OIG) report which found more than a thousand incidents of child abuse, lack of supervision, or unauthorized release at Head Start centers from October 2015 to May 2020, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement and demanded the majority hold an oversight hearing on the reports’ findings...
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To better prepare for the projected demand for more than 200,000 more nursing professionals in the next decade, the U.S. Department of Labor is offering $80 million in grant funding for nurse-training programs.
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The U.S. Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is urging Midwest employers to highlight lawn safety following two fatal roll-over accidents that happened just days apart.
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News Release: Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC) sent a letter to Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh expressing concern over the “Workers’ Voice Summit" hosted by the...
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.