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News Release: Dear Mr. Hunter: Over the past several years, a series of reports have raised concerns about the conditions that children and youth experience in residential treatment facilities (RTFs).[1] While estimates vary, thousands of children and youth in the United States are placed in these facilities for...
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on July 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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A federal court order has been secured by the U.S. Department of Labor to stop a Long Island restaurant’s chef/owner from hiring minors to work at unauthorized hours of the night.
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There is one release scheduled to be published on July 25.
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News Release: Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Labor Department Secretary Marty Walsh regarding ignored requests for Labor Department Chief of Staff Daniel Koh’s calendar...
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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), sought unanimous consent to pass her bill with Senators Tina Smith (D-MN) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to protect and expand access to family planning services-but Republican Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) blocked the legislation.
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There was activity on four bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on July 21.
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Support for States to Resolve Outstanding Items from the Expired Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Unemployment Compensation (UC) Programs, Including Additional Funding to Assist States with Reporting and Detection and Recovery of grant opened on July 22.
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There was activity on six bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on July 21.
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News Release: ORLANDO, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed $330,446 in penalties to a Family Dollar store in Orlando after an investigation into a fatal shoplifting incident uncovered willful and repeat safety violations.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $9,122,164 in equity grants to Rhode Island and Wisconsin’s state employment insurance systems to enhance awareness and improve delivery of unemployment insurance services to people who face obstacles to access.
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News Release: NEW BERN, NC - A U.S. Department of Labor investigation has recovered $56,900 for 31 assistant general managers employed by the operator of six Taco Bell franchise locations in North Carolina who shortchanged them by incorrectly denying them overtime wages.
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News Release: BILLINGS, MT - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has certified Team Inc., which performs nondestructive testing at the Phillips 66 Refinery in Billings, as a "Star" employer in the agency's Voluntary Protection Programs.
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There was activity on one bill related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on July 20.
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News Release: LAS VEGAS - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division is asking Nevada’s highway construction industry to participate in a survey to help the agency establish prevailing wage rates, as required under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts.
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration launched enhanced enforcement initiatives in the wake of the deaths of 22 workers from risks associated with trenching and excavation work in the first half of 2022.
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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 H2 visa programs...
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News Release: Dear Secretary Becerra:. The United States is reporting a historically high number of monkeypox cases with over 1,970 cases confirmed in 43 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.[1] As I have raised on multiple calls with the Administration, I am concerned with the state of the U.S. response...
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There was activity on three bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on July 20.
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There are three releases scheduled to be published on July 22.