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The Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor recovered $103,979 in back wages for 55 current and former employees of a Tulsa security company.
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News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Department of Labor is asking Florida highway construction industry employers to participate in a survey to help the department’s Wage and Hour Division establish prevailing wage rates, as required by federal law.
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The US Labor Department published a five page notice on Sept. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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There was activity on three bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on Sept. 30.
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The US Labor Department published a five page notice on Sept. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Release: Date of action: Sept. 20, 2022
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: TRENTON, NJ -The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Trenton roofing contractor with a history of exposing workers to potentially deadly falls, after inspections at three worksites where the employer again intentionally failed to protect workers from falls as they installed roofs in Mahwah, Upper Saddle River, and River Vale.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Labor officials gathered with workers, union representatives and labor organizers from a range of industries to discuss the value of building relationships and collaborating on ideas to address workers’ concerns at its Workers’ Voice Summit, Sept. 27-29, 2022.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO - In two incidents in September, Midwest workers operating riding mowers suffered fatal injuries when the machines rolled over on top of them, prompting the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to alert employers to train workers of the hazards they face and how to avoid them.
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News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration reminds first responders, those involved in rescue and recovery efforts, and residents in areas affected by Hurricane Ian to be vigilant and protect themselves from the many hazards that flooding, power loss, structural damage, fallen trees and storm debris may create.
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News Release: Participant: Huber Engineered Woods LLC, Easton, Maine.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced the award of nearly $2 million in grant funding to support efforts by six non-profit organizations to help low wage-earning women understand and exercise their employment rights and benefits.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an effort to raise awareness of regulations that give coal miners with development of pneumoconiosis, or black lung, the right to work at a section of a mine with lower levels of dust without having their pay reduced or fearing discrimination or termination.
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 7780, the Mental Health Matters Act, due to its attack on job creators and its failure to address the nation's mental health situation...
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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 White House Conference on Nutrition, Hunger, and Health, which failed to engage a range of stakeholders in favor of liberal activist groups...
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office requesting it examine how taxpayer dollars are being used to subsidize Obamacare and how those costs compare to the costs of employer-sponsored plans.
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - As Republicans continue to push forward their proposal to ban abortion nationwide and attack the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs’ (VA) historic action to provide abortion care for veterans in certain circumstances, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee...