US Department of Labor (DOL)
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There are three releases scheduled to be published on Aug. 30.
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There are two releases scheduled to be published on Aug. 30.
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There were 14 notices published by the Labor Department in week ending Sept. 3, according to the Federal Register.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced the award of $8 million to support a four-year cooperative agreement with the National Disability Institute to operate a policy development center focused on employment for people with disabilities.
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There was activity on one bill related to the Education and Labor Committee on Aug. 26.
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The U.S. Department of Labor awarded $70.8 million in grant funding to 166 Native American entities to provide training services and employment to low-income and unemployed adults and youth.
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News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration signed a strategic partnership with Balfour Beatty Construction to promote worker safety and health during construction of the 1018 West Peachtree Project in Atlanta.
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News Release: Today, Committee on Education and Labor Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Committee on Oversight and Reform Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY), and Oversight Committee Republicans are launching an investigation into the Biden administration's oversight of pandemic relief funds for school districts...
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There are three releases scheduled to be published on Aug. 29.
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Elevating Womens Participation in the Workplace in West Africa grant opened on Aug. 26.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court ruled unanimously on Aug. 22, 2022, that the operator of a Lake County, Minnesota, iron ore mine flagrantly violated the federal Mine Safety and Health Act when it directed miners to work on an elevated walkway known to be unsafe for more than a year.
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Worker Empowerment in South America grant opened on Aug. 26.
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News Release: Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC); Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC); House Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA); and Senate Employment and Workplace...
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News Release: SUAMICO, WI - On a chilly March morning, a federal workplace safety inspector observed five roofers atop a Wrightstown residence, working at heights up to 23 feet without required fall protection. The inspector later found the fall protection equipment piled in a bucket on the ground next to a work truck.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration will hold an online meeting of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health on Sept. 14, 2022, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT.
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News Release: ATLANTA - An ongoing federal initiative to ensure that Southeast employers comply with federal laws regarding the employment of temporary nonimmigrant workers with H-2B guest visas has made significant progress in holding violators accountable for infringing on workers’ rights.
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News Release: Dear Administrator O’Connell: The monkeypox outbreak continues to spread at an alarming rate in the United States, particularly among the LGBTQ+ community, with over 15,000 cases already reported in 52 jurisdictions as of Aug. 22, 2022.[1] The JYNNEOS vaccine, diagnostic tests, and therapeutics are...
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $50 million in Apprenticeship Building America grant funding for Registered Apprenticeship hubs - organizations that help employers design, develop and deliver programs - and support the establishment, scaling and expansion of Registered Apprenticeship programs in new and fast-growing industries and occupations.
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Supporting Regional, National, and Local Action to Address Child Labor in West African Agriculture grant opened on Aug. 25.
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News Release: DUETTE, FL - A federal workplace safety investigation has found a 35-year-old farmworker died from heat illness on a Duette farm in the early evening of April 5, 2022. It was only his second day on the job.