US Department of Labor (DOL)
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News Release: Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) announced their effort to pass the Right to Contraception Act this week in the Senate, following passage of companion legislation in the House of Representatives last week-despite nearly the entire House Republican caucus voting against the bill.
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House floor to warn about severely underfunded pension programs and that relying on taxpayers for bailouts is not a solution...
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News Release: US Department of Labor renews 'Star Level' designation of Veolia ES Technical Solutions LLC
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News Release: NEWARK, NJ - A U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found that a Newark subcontractor denied eight electricians their full wages and benefits for their work on a federally funded residential construction project in Plainfield by incorrectly identifying and paying them as laborers.
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There are two releases scheduled to be published on July 28.
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News Release: DAVIE, FL - In 2018, federal workplace safety investigators cited a Pompano Beach roofing contractor who exposed its workers to the construction industry's most lethal hazard, falls from elevation. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration determined that the company's failure to heed that warning claimed the life of a 25-year-old worker in February 2022.
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News Release: GULF BREEZE, FL - A federal investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor at a Gulf Breeze restaurant found several pay practice and child labor violations, including the failure to pay sushi chefs overtime wages due and the employment of 15-year-old workers for more hours per week than the law allows.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an incremental award of $1.3 million to the Cherokee Nation to support continued disaster-relief employment and employment and training services in response to the coronavirus pandemic’s effects on its people.
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There is one release scheduled to be published on July 27.
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News Release: FRANKLIN PARK, NJ - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has recovered $115,801 in back wages and damages for 36 workers after an investigation found their employer denied them overtime pay at two New Jersey car washes.
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The government of Mexico has until the end of the month to decide if it will look into allegations that workers at an auto-parts manufacturing plant were denied their rights.
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The U.S. Departments of Labor and Commerce announced the 120-Day Cybersecurity Apprenticeship Sprint to help develop and skilled and diverse cybersecurity workforce.
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There are four releases scheduled to be published on July 26.
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There was one notice published by the Labor Department in week ending July 9, according to the Federal Register.
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Six current and recent Ph.D. candidates have been chosen by the U.S. Department of Labor to participate in its inaugural summer fellowship program, which will provide the opportunity to develop their skills in analyzing federal labor laws, regulations and programs.
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Emergency service workers at a Sanford, N.C., health care center received $97,209 in back wages after an investigation revealed their employer cut time from their working hours.
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News Release: Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to America asking the country to take a stand against the Biden administration’s reckless student loan agenda. Since taking office, President Biden has forgiven massive amounts of student loans through backdoors-ignoring the will of Congress and the best interests of taxpayers.
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News Release: DALLAS - To prevent the dangers of heat illness as summer heat descends on the Southwest’s farmworkers, the U.S. Department of Labor is taking immediate measures to raise awareness of the hazards faced by those working to maintain the nation’s food supply.
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News Release: MAUI - A federal investigation has recovered $290,314 in rightfully earned wages and damages owed to 95 workers after the pay practices of their employer - the operator of five Maui food truck-restaurants - willfully denied them their full wages.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. government today requested the Mexican government review whether the rights of free association and collective bargaining have been denied to workers at the VU Manufacturing parts facility in Piedras Negras, Coahuila.