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News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO - A Leawood contractor rehabbing the Firestone, Shankman and Michaelson buildings in Kansas City's historic Troost commercial district continues to expose its workers to asbestos and other workplace hazards, a June 29, 2021, federal safety and health investigation has found.
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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently launched an initiative to protect professional caregivers from wage violations and reminded employers to abide by workers’ rights laws.
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The Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate for private employers took a hit Dec. 8 when the Senate voted it should be overturned.
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U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh and Switzerland’s President Guy Parmelin signed a memorandum of understanding to expand apprenticeships among Swiss companies and Swiss-invested companies in the U.S.
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The US Labor Department published a two page proposed rule on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a one page rule on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor has scheduled a meeting of the Maritime Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health Feb. 15, 2022 from 1 to 5 p.m. EST, via teleconference and WebEx.
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Empowering workers is the focal point of the U.S. Department of Labor's fall regulatory agenda, according to a news release.
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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, issued the following statement in response to Senator Joe Manchin’s comments on the Build Back Better legislation.
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The U.S. government has fined a spice importer in Alabama after a worker lost part of his finger on Aug. 8 when his hand was trapped in machinery, a news release said.
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Two Texas home-health companies failed to pay workers for the hours they worked and overtime, the U.S. Department of Labor said in a news release.
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There were 12 notices published by the Labor Department in week ending Dec. 18, according to the Federal Register.
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The owner of a Cincinnati steel contracting firm has been sentenced to prison by a federal judge on the grounds of theft and fraud.
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A restaurant in Bellevue, Washington underpaid workers for overtime worked, the U.S. Labor Department said in a news release.
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Retail giant Dollar General has a long history of failing to protects its workers, the U.S. Labor Department said in a news release.
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The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) recently announced that it will provide funding to support progress on labor standards in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to a press release.
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News Release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (NC-05) and Congressman Chris Jacobs (NY-27) released the following statements after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today it was endorsing a test-to-stay option for students to remain in the classroom following the Members' successful advocacy.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor will reopen the rulemaking record and hold a virtual public hearing on Jan. 11, 2022, on the Mine Safety and Health Administration ’s proposed rule for Safety Program for Surface Mobile Equipment to improve safe usage of mobile, powered-haulage equipment. This proposed rule is one of several actions MSHA has taken to reduce fatal and nonfatal injuries involving surface mobile equipment used at mines, and to improve safety and health.
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News Release: JACKSONVILLE, FL - In early November, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Jacksonville Job Corps Center signed a memorandum of understanding with Johnson & Johnson Vision to make its advanced manufacturing production technology training program available to Job Corps students.