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News Release: HOUSTON - An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $178,358 in overtime back wages for 27 employees of a Houston welding and fabrication company that misclassified them as independent contractors and denied them their full wages and benefits.
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News Release: SAN JOSE, CA - Denying their workers overtime pay when required has had costly consequences for the operators of six northern California pizza franchise locations from whom the U.S. Department of Labor has recovered a total of $608,272 in back wages and liquidated damages for 33 workers.
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News Release: APPLETON, WI - Despite the potentially deadly consequences of its actions, an Appleton contractor allowed three roofers to work at heights up to 18 feet without anchoring their fall protection, making it useless in preventing serious or fatal injuries.
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News Release: Employer: LI&YU Restaurant LLC, operating as
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There was activity on four bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on July 28.
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There was activity on eight bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on July 28.
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There is one release scheduled to be published on Aug. 1.
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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), issued the following statement on The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
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There are two releases scheduled to be published on Aug. 1.
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News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), sought unanimous consent to pass the Right to Contraception Act to protect every American’s fundamental right to use birth control-but...
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News Release: Today, Workforce Protections Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Keller (R-PA) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on H.R. 4826, which upends years of precedent and will exacerbate the labor shortage for those Americans needing home health care...
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding the U.S. economy shrinking for a second consecutive quarter and the country jumping headfirst into a recession...
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There was activity on three bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on July 27.
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a full committee markup of legislation being rushed through Congress that will tie the hands of job creators and schools with more one-size-fits-all mandates...
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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. 6929, a taxpayer-funded bailout for an underfunded, privately-run pension plan...
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The US Labor Department published a two page proposed rule on July 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: APPLETON, WI - Despite the potentially deadly consequences of its actions, an Appleton contractor allowed three roofers to work at heights up to 18 feet without anchoring their fall protection, making it useless in preventing serious or fatal injuries.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on July 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: Today, the House passed H.R. 6929, the Susan Muffley Act of 2022, which will force taxpayers to bail out Delphi’s underfunded, privately-run pension plans.
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Committee passed legislation that would mandate an overly prescriptive heat standard and add layers of burdensome regulations to our school nutrition programs...