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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.
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Timothy Edmunds, the former Financial Secretary-Treasurer of Local 412 of theUnited Auto Workers union, pleaded guilty today to embezzling $2.2 million in union funds and tomoney laundering, announced U.S. Attorney Dawn N. Ison
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Two brothers from Chicago have been arrested on a labor trafficking charge for allegedly forcing undocumented Mexican immigrants to work in the construction trade.
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On March 23, 2022, the Federal Grand Jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging Fernando Gallardo-Álvarez and his consensual partner Olga Rivera-Dávila with a conspiracy to commit mail, wire, and bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering violations related to fraudulently obtained funds from the Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Program, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
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Despite their critical role in the economy, farmworkers too often face unpaid wages, unsafe transportation to and from worksites, and substandard housing conditions.The U.S.
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The operator of a Memphis Shell gas station and convenience store paid workers cash bonuses in place of overtime pay and persuaded them to sign altered time records to avoid paying full overtime wages due, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found.
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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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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.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing amendments to its occupational injury and illness recordkeeping regulation, 29 CFR 1904.41. The current regulation requires certain employers to electronically submit injury and illness information - that they are required to keep - to OSHA. The agency uses these reports to identify and respond to emerging hazards and makes aspects of the information publicly available.
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The Solicitor of Labor’s office reportedly argued against the validity of Ralph’s Grocery Company’s confidentiality provision in a mandatory arbitration agreement in a National Labor Relations Board case.
