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Recent News About US Department of Labor (DOL)
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Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement in response to President Biden’s speech outlining the Administration’s latest efforts to respond to the surging Omicron variant of COVID-19.
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The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the plan application for the Idaho Signatory Employers-Laborers Pension Plan (Idaho Signatory) in Portland, Ore.
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The U.S. Department of Labor today released a Supplemental Statement clarifying a June 2020 Information Letter on private equity investments as a component of a professionally managed asset allocation fund offered as an investment option in participant-directed retirement savings plans, such as 401(k) plans.
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A Fairdale country club operator failed to pay some workers minimum hourly wages, denied overtime pay to other workers, paid incorrect overtime rates to others, and assigned minor-aged workers duties not permitted by law, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found.
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The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $33,230 in back wages for five employees working on a federally funded construction project in Fayetteville. Investigators found the employer failed to pay workers all wages earned as required by the Davis Bacon Act.
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A Florida-based roofing contractor – with a long history of exposing his workers to the serious and potentially fatal risks related to falls – faces possible incarceration for his failure to comply with court orders once again.
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Two men doing framing work at a residential construction project in Bradenton Beach on June 23, 2021, had no warning when the platform beneath them failed, causing both to fall about 25 feet – roughly two stories – to the ground. Head trauma killed a 49-year-old carpenter and crew leader, who died at the scene.
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The U.S. Department of Labor today awarded $5 million in a cooperative agreement for the International Labour Organization focused on strengthening decent working conditions in Peru and Ecuador by combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in coastal communities.
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The U.S. Department of Labor today announced $8,333,333 in funding to the Commonwealth of Kentucky to support disaster-relief employment after a series of deadly tornadoes on Dec. 10 caused extensive damage.
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Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the Biden Administration announced an extension in the pause of student loan repayment, collections, and interest accrual.
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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently awarded $10 million in funding to the Partners of the Americas for promoting gender equity and reducing workplace discrimination and harassment in Mexico.
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Two Ohio-based roofing companies were recently found by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to have knowingly disregarded fall protections resulting in a 19-year-old employee’s death at Neville Island, Pennsylvania in June.
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The operators of a behavioral health care facility in Attleboro, Massachusetts have recently been ordered to pay $30,515.63 in legal fees after failing to comply with an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued subpoena for video footage of violent incidents involving employees.
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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently awarded a $5 million grant to the American Center for International Labor Solidarity (ACILS) to assist in protecting workers’ rights in the agricultural sector in Honduras and Guatemala and the clothing industry in El Salvador.
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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently awarded an $8 million grant to support the improvement of workplace safety and employee health in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.
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DOL distributes $5 million in grant funding to reduce, prevent forced labor, child labor in MalaysiaThe U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has recently awarded $5 million in grant funds to help combat forced labor and child labor in the Malaysian palm oil and garment industries.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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There were six notices published by the Labor Department in week ending Dec. 25, according to the Federal Register.
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A workplace safety investigation into the June death in Neville Island of a 19-year-old roofing worker who fell 30 feet through an unprotected skylight found two commercial contractors willfully failed to use fall protection systems that might have saved his life.