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U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee and U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chair of the Special Committee on Aging, commended the U.S. Department of Education for launching a historic initiative to help phase out the subminimum wage for people with disabilities.
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U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, hosted a roundtable with trans youth and families from Washington state and Texas, as well as the Human Rights Campaign, to discuss how the onslaught of attacks against trans youth and their families are affecting them—and discuss what can be done to protect them and counter these hateful attacks.
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U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on the student loan payment pause and the work ahead to not only support current borrowers but lower the skyrocketing cost of higher education for future students.
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Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing titled, “Child Care and Preschool: Cutting Costs for Working Families.”
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Oversight and Reform Committee Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY) sent a letter to the Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Charlotte Burrows, seeking information about EEOC’s plans to return to in-person work.
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The U.S. Department of Labor is reminding businesses that employ workers age 17 years and younger to be familiar with and adhere to federal child-labor laws as many minors seek to work more during spring and summer breaks from school.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a one page proposed rule on March 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The U.S. Department of Labor discovered two Zaxby's locations in Georgia violated child labor and overtime laws, putting their young workers in danger, a March 9 news release said.
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The US Labor Department published a five page notice on March 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a four page notice on March 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Richard Burr (R-NC) and Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statements on the Committee’s 20-2 vote to advance the Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats, and Pandemics Act (PREVENT Pandemics Act).
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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division is continuing its multi-year education and enforcement initiative to increase compliance with federal labor laws in the Southeast’s agricultural industry. In addition to enforcement activity, the initiative provides compliance assistance to employers and educates workers and other stakeholders.
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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 focused on how the federal government can better support frontline efforts to address the mental health and substance use disorder crises that have been exacerbated by COVID-19 and have touched communities across our country.
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The US Labor Department published a one page notice on March 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: Employers: William Specialty Services LLC 100 Crescent Centre Parkway, Tucker, GA 30084 G UB MK Constructors 297 River Road, Muscle Shoals, AL 35661 Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market St., Chattanooga, TN 37402 Citations issued: William Specialty Services LLC One willful, two serious ...
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News Release: PITTSBURGH - Following litigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of the Solicitor, a federal court has entered a consent judgment against three restaurants - one in Pennsylvania and two in West Virginia - and their owners after investigators found they paid back-of-the-house employees off-the-books salaries for all hours worked and denied them overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a workweek.
