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News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a hearing on strengthening cybersecurity in the health care and education sectors to ensure that the technologies people increasingly rely on to meet with their...
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement in support of H.R. 7791, the bipartisan Access to Baby Formula Act, which was introduced by Rep. Michelle Steel (R-CA) and will help prevent future devastating shortages...
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News Release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Committee passed legislation today regarding unnecessary and expensive school construction projects, predatory wage and hour penalties, a package of bills that will create duplicative programs, and two bipartisan bills on mental health and substance abuse...
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a funding opportunity of $2 million for up to eight grants to help women who earn low wages to learn about and access their employment rights and benefits.
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U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh helped commemorate National Nurses Week by meeting with nursing professionals.
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Department of Homeland Security and Department of Labor confirmed the availability of further H-2B visas for back half of the fiscal year.
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News Release: BRECKENRIDGE, CO - One worker suffered fatal injuries and two co-workers barely escaped similar fates when they were rescued from a trench that collapsed as they installed sewer pipes in a Breckenridge neighborhood on Nov. 16, 2021.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh visited George Washington University’s Hospital and Behavior Health Department on May 17, 2022, to meet with students, faculty and hospital residents to discuss ways to strengthen professional pathways to mental health care and to hear about workers’ experience with behavioral health service delivery and staff support amid the pandemic.
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News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, took to the Senate floor to launch Senate Democrats’ new effort to highlight the non-stop efforts by Republicans to roll back reproductive rights-on everything from...
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There was activity on one bill related to the Education and Labor Committee on May 18.
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News Release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement celebrating today’s House passage of H.R. 7791, the Access to Baby Formula Act, bipartisan legislation to ensure the rules for WIC participants and manufacturers are clear in the event of another crisis or supply chain disruption and plans are prepared to alleviate such a situation immediately...
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US Department of Labor announces $3.4M funding opportunity to attract, retain women in Registered Apprenticeships, nontraditional occupations
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US Department of Labor recovers $198K for 19 workers denied overtime pay by Lynchburg, Virginia, restaurant
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Kroger supermarket allowed minors to engage in hazardous work, exceed hours standards, US Department of Labor investigation in Mississippi finds
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US Department of Labor recovers $225K in back wages for agricultural workers in California, assesses five farms $54K in penalties
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US Department of Labor to hold listening session for Midwest employers, industry stakeholders on possible revisions to overtime regulations
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US Department of Labor recovers $799K in back wages after investigation finds North Jersey contractor paid electricians incorrect wages, fringe benefits
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Technological services company pays $319K in overtime back wages to 57 employees at Rochester, New York, location
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There was activity on two bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on May 17.
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This bill is sponsored by Rep. Jahana Hayes.