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The Biden administration is putting the retirement security of millions of Americans at risk.
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Supreme Court will hear arguments regarding Biden’s illegal student loan debt scheme. Here’s a look at the most commonly heard myths, and the facts this administration is leaving behind.
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Supreme Court will hear arguments on the Biden administration’s student loan bailout which, if enacted, would cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars
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Education and the Workforce Committee hearing covered the importance of improving workforce development programs and increasing accountability in postsecondary education.
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“From elementary school to law school, the state of this nation’s education system is deeply troubling at every level,” Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) said in her opening statement during the Education and the Workforce Committee’s first hearing of the 118th Congress.
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The U.S. Department of Labor marked the 30th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) with an online roundtable discussion and the launch of a new online resource for workers.
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News Release: Today, the House will vote on H.J. Res. 30, a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the Biden administration’s rule encouraging retirement plan fiduciaries to consider or choose investments based on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors.
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Scaling Apprenticeship Readiness Across the Building Trades Initiative grant opened on March 1.
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Release: Quién: Departamento de Trabajo de los Estados Unidos
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News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after President Biden nominated Julie Su, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, to replace departing Secretary Marty Walsh...
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News Release: TAMUNING, GUAM ‒ Federal safety inspectors found Pepsi Guam Bottling jeopardized the safety of their employees by disabling safety devices to allow workers to reach into a bottle-labeling machine as often as 15 times an hour to grab and fix labels and adjust tipping bottles to avoid slowing or stopping production.
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News Release: Yesterday, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Congressman Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona blasting the Department for its attempted cover-up of the real cost of President Biden’s illegal student loan bailout.
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News Release: EL PASO, TX - A federal workplace safety investigation of an El Paso jewelry metal-plating finisher found the company again exposing workers to serious hazards, including willfully failing to protect people working with dangerous acids and other chemicals from potentially permanent eye injuries.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The House section of the Congressional Record published “Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 1177” on Feb. 24.
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News Release: Employer: North Sunflower Medical Center. Investigation site: 840 N. Oak Ave. Ruleville, MS 38771. Investigation findings: Investigators with the department’s Wage and Hour Division found the employer - a healthcare facility providing services to the Humphrey, Leflore and Sunflower tri-counties area ...
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Release: Who: U.S. Department of Labor. What: 2023 Virtual Agricultural Seminar. When: March 7, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CST. Where: Online event. Register to attend. Background: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division will hold a 2023 Virtual Agricultural Seminar that will provide guidance ...
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News Release: Today, the House passed H.J. Res. 30, legislation to block the U.S. Department of Labor rule greenlighting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing in employer-sponsored retirement plans. Congressman Barr’s Congressional Review Act (CRA) measure would prevent this rule and any other similar rule from taking effect. U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) is leading companion legislation in the Senate.
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Pathway Home 4 grant opened on March 1.
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News Release: ATLANTA - With a nearly $1 million annual increase in back wages recovered in the Southeast for agricultural industry workers in calendar year 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division is continuing its multi-year initiative to educate industry employers about compliance, and workers about their legal protections under federal law.