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News Release: Employer name: Groundworks Colorado LLC. 2575 U.S. 6 & 50, Unit A. Grand Junction, CO 81501. Citations issued: Groundworks Colorado LLC. One willful violation and five serious violations. Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued citations...
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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 regarding workers’ compensation programs, school safety, and Community Services Block Grants...
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A Smithfield, Rhode Island company could have prevented a worker from suffering fatal head injuries during cement truck repairs on Oct. 21, 2021, an Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigation found.
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A $3.5 million grant will help local and state workforce partners help workers find jobs and employers hire and retain skilled workers, according to a March 10 U.S. Department of Labor news release.
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Release: WHO: U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division
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News Release: WASHINGTON - In a first-of-its-kind action, the U.S. Department of Labor has issued guidance to all 50 states and the nation’s territories encouraging them to designate more than 2,300 locally operated American Job Centers as voter registration agencies under the National Voter Registration Act.
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Today, as the nation observes Equal Pay Day – the day through which U.S. women typically must work to be paid the same wages men received in 2021 – the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs issued a new directive to promote greater contractor attention concerning the proactive and effective use of pay equity audits to identify barriers to equal pay in their pay-setting and employment practices.
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News Release: PENSACOLA, FL - Despite the findings of a January 2021 federal workplace safety investigation, a Pensacola custom cabinet manufacturer continued to expose workers to fire risks, inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found in a follow-up visit.
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The U.S. Department of Labor will provide $10 million for grants to help expand supervised programs outside of school that expose young people career options and prepare them to succeed in the workforce.
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The US Labor Department published a six page rule on March 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: Employers: Westlake Chemical Lake Charles South, Westlake, Louisiana. Wastewater Specialties LLC, Sulphur, Louisiana. Turn2 Specialty Companies LLC, La Porte, Texas. Leak Sealers Inc., Lumberton, Texas. Citations issued: Turn2 Specialty Companies LLC. Four serious violations with proposed penalties...
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News Release: Employers: Westlake Chemical Lake Charles South, Westlake, Louisiana
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News Release: PENSACOLA, FL - Despite the findings of a January 2021 federal workplace safety investigation, a Pensacola custom cabinet manufacturer continued to expose workers to fire risks, inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found in a follow-up visit.
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This bill is sponsored by Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney.
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News Release: DALLAS - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is urging response crews and residents in areas affected by recent storms that spawned tornadoes in North Texas and New Orleans to recognize and protect themselves from hazards created by flooding, power loss, structural damage, fallen trees and storm debris.
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News Release: DALLAS - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is urging response crews and residents in areas affected by recent storms that spawned tornadoes in north Texas and New Orleans to recognize and protect themselves from hazards created by flooding, power loss, structural damage, fallen trees and storm debris.
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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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In the United States, women have to work 14 1/2 months before they have been paid as much as a man is in 12 months, the U.S. Department of Labor reports in its statement on Equal Pay Day 2022.
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News Release: Dear Mr. Dodaro: We write to request the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) examine the need for stronger spousal protections in defined contribution retirement plans, as such accounts are often a couple’s largest asset aside from their home. People plan their futures around their retirement...