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News Release: NEW YORK -Trustees to the Teamsters Local 272 Welfare Fund in New York City have agreed to amend the fund to resolve a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor, regarding a fund requirement that participants bear 90 percent of the cost of medical and pharmacy claims above certain annual thresholds.
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Republican Senator Blocks Bill to Protect Doctors Providing Legal Abortion Care from Extreme AttacksNews Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), sought unanimous consent to pass her Let Doctors Provide Reproductive Health Care Act to protect doctors’ ability to safely provide abortion care in states where it remains legal-but Republican Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) blocked the straightforward and urgently-needed legislation.
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A Pompano Beach roofing contractor's failure to heed warnings in 2018 on hazards of falls reportedly led to the death of a 25-year-old worker in February.
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There were 13 notices published by the Labor Department in July, according to the Federal Register.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $20,520,000 in grant funding to Arizona, Colorado and North Carolina to improve the delivery of unemployment insurance services to people facing obstacles to access.
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News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration signed a strategic partnership with DPR Construction to protect workers’ safety during construction of the Peachtree Corners Campus Development Phase II project in Atlanta.
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News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into a conciliation agreement with Esri-based in Redlands, California, to resolve preliminary findings of a federal compliance evaluation that allege the company paid 176 female employees less than their male counterparts in 2017.
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There was activity on three bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Aug. 3.
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News Release: GRAND ISLAND, NE - A 20-year-old worker's attempt at clearing a jam in an industrial cardboard baler at a Grand Island waste disposal company turned tragic when the worker fell into the baler, became caught and suffered severe amputation injuries. OSHA alleges the employer disregarded federal regulations designed to prevent such tragedies.
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News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), spoke on the Senate floor and applauded Kansans’ overwhelming rejection of a ballot measure that would have shredded the right to abortion enshrined in the state’s constitution.
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News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), and Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) introduced the Let Doctors Provide Reproductive Health Care Act to protect...
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News Release: CHICAGO - With the construction season in full swing, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration and more than 10,000 voluntary employee members of the Associated General Contractors of Chicagoland are working together to protect industry workers from common hazards and avoid adding to the hundreds of thousands of U.S. workers injured, some fatally, each year.
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News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration signed a strategic partnership with DPR Construction to protect workers’ safety during construction of the Peachtree Corners Campus Development Phase II project in Atlanta.
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News Release: (Washington, DC) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), issued the following statement on Attorney General Merrick Garland’s announcement that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is suing Idaho over its extreme abortion ban, which...
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News Release: LOUISVILLE, KY - The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $130,879 in back wages and liquidated damages for 68 workers after a Beattyville-based food services contractor failed to pay their full wages by incorrectly applying overtime rules for managers.
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Release: Employer: Brito Enterprises of Tampa Inc.
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To ensure the Qualified Professional Asset Manager Exemption continues to safeguard plans, participants and beneficiaries, as well as owners of individual retirement accounts and their interests, the U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration recently announced a proposed amendment to the exclusion.
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There was activity on three bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on Aug. 2.
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US Department of Labor finds Honolulu contractor failed to pay correct wages, fringe benefits to 46 employees on federally funded projects
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US Department of Labor recovers $130K in back wages, damages for 68 correctional facilities’ workers denied overtime by Beattyville employer