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Terence Aubrey Larker, 35, of Las Vegas, previously of Sacramento, was arrested today after a federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment last Thursday, charging him with mail fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S.
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Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), and Ranking Member, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) calling on the agency to examine the need for stronger spousal protections in defined contribution retirement plans.“People plan their futures around their retirement accounts, so it is important that no one have these critical resources undermined by their spouse’s decisions without their knowledge or consent,” wrote the Senators.
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U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, hosted a virtual roundtable with Washington state borrowers and the state’s student loans ombudswoman to hear directly about how the broken student loan system is holding people back.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh today joined Gov. Tom Wolf, leaders of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Yellow Corp., and union members to announce the expansion of the trucking company’s 17th Commercial Driver’s License Driving Academy in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
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News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The U.S. Department of Labor is stepping up its efforts to identify child labor violations in the Salt Lake City area as school closings for the summer nears, and its Wage and Hour Division offers the findings of three recent investigations to remind employers about the regulations and limitations related to the employment youth.
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This bill is sponsored by Rep. Andy Biggs.
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News Release: SEATTLE - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has certified the Walsh Group, a commercial construction management company in Seattle, as a “Star" employer in the agency’s Voluntary Protection Programs.
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Republican Leaders on the House Committees on Administration, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Reform, Small Business, and the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture and Financial Services and General...
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News Release: The House passed sweeping bipartisan legislation to help more workers save and prepare for retirement. The legislation-Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2022 (H.R. 2954)-includes the Education and Labor Committee’s bipartisan Retirement Improvement and Savings Enhancement (RISE) Act (H.R. 5891) as well as other retirement-related provisions approved by the Ways and Means Committee.
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Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) toured manufacturers in Oregon March 24 to discover how more Americans can have quality jobs with good wages.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a three page notice on March 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: SEATTLE - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has certified the Walsh Group, a commercial construction management company in Seattle, as a “Star" employer in the agency’s Voluntary Protection Programs.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - In an effort to support greater public awareness and improve delivery of unemployment insurance services to people who face obstacles to access, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $15.9 million in equity grant funding to state unemployment insurance systems in Alabama, Idaho, Missouri and New Mexico.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today unveiled a public education campaign on the importance of mental health-friendly workplaces at the Society for Human Resource Management’s Workplace Policy Conference in Washington.
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United States Attorney Roger B.
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United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Dr. Harry Doyle and his wife, Sonya Doyle, of Philadelphia, PA, have agreed to pay a total of $3 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act. The alleged violations include submitting false billing to the U.S.
