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News Release: Parents are fed up: fed up with bullying from school district officials, fed up with teachers unions being put ahead of their children, and fed up with a lack of transparency regarding their child’s education. Instead of staying fed up, parents are standing up.
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There is one release scheduled to be published on Oct. 14.
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News Release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) submitted a comment letter yesterday to Labor Department Secretary Marty Walsh regarding a proposed rule which would make the prohibited transaction exemption for qualified professional asset managers (QPAMs) virtually unusable and, in turn, harm workers, retirees, and plan sponsors.
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Release: WHO: Missouri Slope, Bismarck, North Dakota
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The U.S. Department of Labor has announced a proposal to clarify whether a worker can be classified as an independent contractor or as an employee, news that crashed the stocks of some gig-based companies.
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News Release: BOSTON - A federal court has ordered two Boston restaurants to pay $195,680 in back wages and liquidated damages after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found the employers willfully failed to pay some employees the minimum wage and overtime compensation the law requires. The department also levied a $14,980 civil money penalty.
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News Release: DEDEDO, GUAM - The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $17,164 in back wages from a federal subcontractor who denied full wages and benefits to eight workers providing pest control services at U.S. Air Force and Navy installations on Guam.
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The US Labor Department published a one page rule on Oct. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: JACKSON, MS - The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $44,280 in back wages and liquidated damages for two employees of a Jackson ground delivery contractor who failed to compensate them for work they did off-the-clock from their homes.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Release: Date of Action: Oct. 11, 2022
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News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - A federal workplace safety investigation into how an employee suffered a fatal electrocution while digging a shallow drainage trench under a home has found that a Savannah crawl space remediation company might have prevented the incident by following required safety standards.
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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.