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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has reported that a children’s hospital in the Bronx failed to protect workers from being assaulted.
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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently announced that an Ohio-based auto parts supplier did not enforce its own policy or federal guidelines on social distancing and mask wearing after several employees got sick.
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after President Biden’s Education Department announced that it will no longer require student and parent borrowers to sign an online acknowledgment about their total student debt each year prior to taking out additional loans...
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A West Virginia health center will have to pay $270,000 in past wages and liquidated damages after the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) reported they failed to pay proper overtime as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on President Biden’s one year of catastrophic failures...
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News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the chair of the Senate health committee, held a virtual roundtable to hear directly from patients and providers in Spokane on the importance of Roe v. Wade, and the urgent need to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) in order to...
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) hosted a roundtable discussion with key stakeholders on the importance of restarting federal student loan repayments. Committee Members discussed the operational difficulties and implications for borrowers that come with continued ...
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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) reported that it will work with other agencies to recognize contemporary and future needs of the telecommunications industry workforce, including safety.
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A Connecticut home health care provider will have to pay $126,000 in back pay after the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) found the company did not comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Consulate General of Mexico in Kansas City have renewed an alliance - first signed in 2013 - to continue their collaborative relationship to promote workplace safety and health with the consulate and Mexican nationals working in Kansas and Missouri.
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Release: Date of action: Dec. 30, 2021
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board announced today that the department’s Wage and Hour Division and the NLRB have signed a Memorandum of Understanding strengthening the agencies’ partnership and outlining procedures on information-sharing, joint investigations and enforcement activity, as well as training, education and community outreach.
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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, urged Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to issue a permanent standard to protect health care workers, and take immediate action to secure strong workplace protections for all workers.
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Release: Who: Wage and Hour Division Occupational Safety and Health Administration What: Assistance and enforcement action in Arkansas after December 2021 tornadoes When: Ongoing Where: Northeast Arkansas Background: The department’s Wage and Hour Division and Occupational Safety and Health Administration ...
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News Release: NORTH PORT, FL - Working in the recesses of Apalachicola National Forest on a July day as temperatures neared 100 degrees, the supervisor of two crews hired to clear invasive plants saw one 42-year-old worker was sweating heavily, his hands were trembling, and he seemed confused, unable to respond to commands.
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United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Myrna Ortiz, 43, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged in a 32-count Indictment in connection with a conspiracy to steal and conceal the origin of fraudulently obtained Social Security benefits and COVID-19 PUA unemployment benefits.
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U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Perry Santillo, 41, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, mail fraud, and conspiracy to launder money, was sentenced to serve 210 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. Santillo was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $102,952,582.77.
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A Michigan man was arrested yesterday in Michigan in connection with his alleged involvement in a fraudulent scheme to obtain COVID-19-related unemployment assistance.
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The division’s investigation found that Three Rivers Home Care failed to pay an overtime premium on sign-on bonuses for 26 home health aides.
