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News Release: Dear Secretary Cardona: We write in response to the U.S. Department of Education’s (“Department") proposed rules regarding debt relief for borrowers whose schools closed or defrauded them, borrowers who are totally and permanently disabled, and borrowers who are public service workers. The Biden-Harris...
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This bill is sponsored by Rep. Norma J. Torres.
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 5376, the Democrats’ Inflation Expansion Act...
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News Release: Who: U.S. Department of Labor Tuskegee State University faculty, students and career services professionals What: U.S. Department of Labor, Southeast Region Hiring Initiative Summer Summits When: Aug. 17, 2022 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. CDT Where: Tuskegee University Kenney Hall Auditorium, Room 71 - 243 ...
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The Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor recovered $608,000 in wages and liquidated damages from the operators of six northern California pizza restaurants who failed to properly compensate workers for overtime.
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News Release: SOUTHAVEN, MS - The operator of five Wing Stop franchise locations in Mississippi who made employees pay for their uniforms, safety training, background checks and cash register shortages - and violated child labor regulations - has been held accountable by the U.S. Department of Labor, and paid $114,427 in back wages, liquidated damages and civil penalties.
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News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Federal safety inspectors have cited the operator of several Baton Rouge-area car wash, oil change, fueling and convenience store locations after a workplace violence investigation into the stabbing of an assistant manager on Feb. 6, 2022. The employee was treated and later released from the hospital.
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“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” was published on pages E600-E601 of the Congressional Record on June 8.
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The Extensions of Remarks section of the Congressional Record published “SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” on June 13.
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Release: EVENT: Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Mid-Atlantic Region Data Users Conference, in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
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News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Every week since Roe was overturned, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and her Democratic colleagues in the Senate have fought to protect Americans’ reproductive rights-pushing to advance commonsense...
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“PROTECTING INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS” was published on page H5555 of the Congressional Record on June 15.
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News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Federal safety inspectors have cited the operator of several Baton Rouge-area car wash, oil change, fueling and convenience store locations after a workplace violence investigation into the stabbing of an assistant manager on Feb. 6, 2022. The employee was treated and later released from the hospital.
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OSHA updates investigations manual for handling retaliation, complaints under whistleblower statutesNews Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently revised the agency’s Whistleblower Investigations Manual. The updated manual supersedes the January 2016 version and is the first complete overhaul since 2011.
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A contractor in Appleton, Wis., was cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for exposing workers to falls and for failing to train them on how to use fall protection effectively.
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There is one release scheduled to be published on Aug. 12.
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News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - After a federal investigation found a Golden Valley franchisee of a national chain of home healthcare providers failed to pay overtime to certified nursing and patient care assistants as required by law - and then attempted to mask the violations - the U.S. Department of Labor has filed a complaint in federal court in Minneapolis to recover back wages and damages.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is reopening the comment period for an additional 60 days on the proposal to reconsider and revoke the final approval of Arizona’s State Plan for Occupational Safety and Health. The agency is also postponing the public hearing tentatively scheduled for Aug. 16, 2022.
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News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has entered into a multi-establishment conciliation agreement with Cerner Corp. - a healthcare and information technology company - to resolve preliminary findings of a federal compliance evaluation that alleged the company discriminated in hiring Black and Asian applicants between 2015 to 2019.
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A Washington orchard owner has been barred from participating in a federal program that permits the employment of foreign temporary agricultural workers.