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The Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement requested the Mexican government review workers’ rights violations at Unique Fabricating’s Querétaro facility in Mexico.
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The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement's Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement has called for a review by the Mexican government after receiving a petition that workers’ rights are being violated at Unique Fabricating's facility in Queretaro, Mexico.
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The U.S. Department of Labor found that a Lafayette, GA, insulation manufacturer ignored safety standards following an investigation into a worker's head injury
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A federal court in New York has issued a restraining order against home care provider Sunrise Home Care to stop the company from retaliating against employees during an investigation into the company's compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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A federal court has sentenced the co-founder of several fake physical therapy clinics to 14 months in prison and more than $250,000 in restitution after a Department of Labor probe found the operators collected money from 15 self-funded healthcare benefit programs for services they never provided.
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The US Labor Department published a two page proposed rule on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: US Department of Labor, American Society of Safety Professionals
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News Release: WASHINGTON - Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Republican Leader Senator John Boozman (R-AR) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack requesting an extension of the review period...
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News Release: WASHINGTON, March 6 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP), announced Monday that the committee will hold an Executive Session this Wednesday, March 8, at 10:00 a.m. ET to vote on a subpoena for Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, followed...
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News Release: On Wednesday at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a markup to consider two bills: H.R. 734, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023 and H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights Act.
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News Release: LAFAYETTE, GA - A 21-year-old line operator at a LaFayette, Georgia, insulation manufacturer suffered severe head trauma after being caught in a machine's roller. A U.S. Department of Labor investigation determined that the employer willfully ignored federal workplace safety standards.
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News Release: PLOVER, WI ‒ At a Plover, Wisconsin, Del Monte Foods cannery, a 20-year-old seasonal worker suffered a partial amputation of their finger after attempting to unjam an unguarded palletizer machine, a federal workplace safety investigation found.
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News Release: PLOVER, WI ‒ At a Plover, Wisconsin, Del Monte Foods cannery, a 20-year-old seasonal worker suffered a partial amputation of their finger after attempting to unjam an unguarded palletizer machine, a federal workplace safety investigation found.
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News Release: LAFAYETTE, GA - A 21-year-old line operator at a LaFayette, Georgia, insulation manufacturer suffered severe head trauma after being caught in a machine’s roller. A U.S. Department of Labor investigation determined that the employer willfully ignored federal workplace safety standards.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh joined leaders from North America’s Building Trades Unions, the National Urban League and graduates of pre-apprenticeship programs in construction and construction-related industries to discuss how Registered Apprenticeship programs can train the future workforce to help fill jobs in critical sectors.
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News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment and order prohibiting a Somerville, Massachusetts, restaurant and its owner from retaliating against employees who cooperate in the department’s efforts to enforce the Fair Labor Standards Act. Fakhouri Inc. - operating as Sound Bites Café - and Yasser Mirza must also pay $15,000 in punitive damages to the affected current and former employees in connection with the department’s retaliation claim.
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News Release: WESTBURY, NY - Federal workplace safety inspectors have cited a thermometer manufacturer for overexposing their employees to mercury at its West Babylon facility.
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The House section of the Congressional Record published “REDUCE EXACERBATED INFLATION NEGATIVELY IMPACTING THE NATION ACT” on March 1.
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There were eight notices published by the Labor Department in week ending Feb. 25, according to the Federal Register.