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Nearly five years after an employee died in a trench collapse, a Missouri contractor exposed two workers to the life-threatening risk of being buried by thousands of pounds of soil as they worked in an unprotected trench weakened by water pooling in an excavation site.
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Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement after the Biden Administration announced its four-month extension to the student loan repayment freeze, the fourth such extension under this Administration:
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Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, along with Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D.
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There was activity on seven bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on April 4.
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A public education campaign stressing the importance of mental health-friendly workplaces was unveiled March 29 at the Society of Human Resource Management’s Workplace Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.
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There was activity on one bill related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on April 4.
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News Release: MEXICO CITY- During an official visit to Mexico, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor Julie Su today announced new investments by the department to support strengthening workers’ rights, promoting freedom of association, the right to bargain collectively, and the elimination of child and forced labor.
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News Release: WEST COLUMBIA, SC - When federal investigators inspected a West Columbia used auto dealer, they found the employer’s pay practices violated wage laws, leading to the recovery of more than $64,566 in back wages and liquidated damages for 24 workers.
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News Release: MOBILE, AL - The illegal pay practices of a Louisville, Kentucky, staffing agency that provides aviation maintenance and repair workers to airlines nationwide shortchanged workers in Mobile, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found.
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This bill is sponsored by Rep. Stephen F. Lynch.
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News Release: CIUDAD DE MÉXICO- Durante una visita oficial a México, la subsecretaria del Trabajo de los Estados Unidos, Julie Su, anunció hoy nuevas inversiones del departamento para apoyar el fortalecimiento de los derechos de los trabajadores, la promoción de la libertad de asociación, el derecho a la negociación colectiva y la eliminación del trabajo infantil y forzado.
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The United States filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois against General Medicine, P.C. (“General Medicine”), Thomas M. Prose, M.D. – the owner of General Medicine, and seventeen related corporate entities owned by Prose.
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A Hampton, Iowa woman who received unemployment benefits in other people’s names pled guilty on March 24, 2022, in federal court in Sioux City.
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Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Committee passed workforce development and retirement legislation:
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Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to reports that the Biden administration will extend the student loan payment and interest moratorium for the fourth time:
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Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a full committee markup regarding workforce development and retirement:
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Biden’s Obamacare Expansion Chips Away at Employer Sponsored Insurance
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The establishment of Title IX in 1972 revolutionized women’s sports and implemented groundbreaking anti-harassment policies that advanced equal access to educational opportunities for women and men.
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Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, sent a letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky pressing the agency to clarify the science behind its decision to terminate the Title 42 order after apparent inconsistencies between the rationale used to support the decision and the current state of the ongoing response.
