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News Release: WASHINGTON - As they develop the habits, skills and other traits needed for future success, young people from age 14 to 21 have a limited window of opportunity. That’s why, when school is not in session, out-of-school time organizations provide supervised programs for young people and expose them to career options that prepare them better to enter and succeed in the workforce.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced its partnership with the Trucking Alliance - an industry-based safety coalition of freight transportation and logistics companies - to join the administration’s 90-Day Trucking Apprenticeship Challenge , and promote the apprenticeship model as a solution to get more well-trained drivers to work in good-paying jobs.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, ahead of the one year anniversary since the American Rescue Plan was signed into law, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on how the American Rescue Plan powered the economic recovery by keeping child care providers open, supporting home- and community-based services (HCBS), and supporting workers and families.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, ahead of the one year anniversary since President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan into law, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the ways the law’s $122 billion in K-12 funding and $3 billion for IDEA programs have helped students get back into the classroom safely and is helping students recover academically and emotionally.
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News Release: BOSTON - Following an investigation and litigation by the U.S. Department of Labor, a federal court ordered a Holbrook tree service company and its owner - who threatened a former employee who participated in an investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division - to pay the worker $25,000 in punitive damages.
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Release: WHO: U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The U.S. Department of Labor ordered a California aviation provider to pay a former employee $958,000 and correct misinformation made by the employer in retaliation for reporting flight safety issues.
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News Release: NEW KENSINGTON, PA - A federal court has approved a consent judgment ordering a New Kensington landscaping company and its owner to pay $150,000 in back wages and penalties after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found the employer willfully denied overtime pay to its workers.
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News Release: GOSHEN, IN - At 18 locations across Indiana, a Goshen-based credit union failed to pay 34 mortgage loan advisors and mortgage loan originators the full overtime wages they were due.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Following Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) calls for a new tax targeting America’s energy companies shortly after the new sanctions on Russian energy imports, National Association of Manufacturers President and CEO Jay Timmons released the following statement:“Our country is sacrificing to save the Ukrainian people, and this is a blatant political ploy to exploit a crisis to enact an extremist agenda.
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In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the National Association of Manufacturers Board of Directors unanimously voted to denounce Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and to stand with the people of Ukraine in their fight to preserve freedom and independence.
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), and Ranking Member, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), introduced the ARPA-H Act which would establish the Advanced Research Projects Authority for Health (ARPA-H), which would be housed...
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, ahead of the one year anniversary of the American Rescue Plan being signed into law, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement on the impact of the Butch Lewis Emergency Pension Plan Relief...
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News Release: ADGER, AL - A federal workplace safety investigation into the fatal electrocutions of two 19-year-old apprentices in Adger on Aug. 31, 2021, found their employer might have prevented the incident by ensuring required safety standards were followed, and that adequate supervision and training was provided.
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As they develop the habits, skills and other traits needed for future success, young people from age 14 to 21 have a limited window of opportunity.