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The Daily Digest section of the Congressional Record published “House of Representatives” on May 11.
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Hazardous conditions found at two Ohio locations continue the pattern of infractions found by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and state agencies at Family Dollar and Dollar Tree stores.
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News Release: Who: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Small Business Administration has recognized the Department of Labor - for the fifth consecutive year - with an A+ on its Fiscal Year 2021 Small Business Federal Procurement Scorecard.
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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.