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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.
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Release: Who: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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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 U.S. Department of Labor has seen a 69% increase in illegal child employment by U.S. companies since 2018.
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Release: Employer: ELJ Inc. Investigation site: 133 Batting Cage Trail. Jacksonville, NC 28540. Investigation findings: Investigators with the department’s Wage and Hour Division found the North Carolina general contractor misclassified its employees as independent contractors and paid straight-time rates for ...
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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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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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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the rescission of the rule “Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clause’s Religious Exemption, " in effect since Jan. 8, 2021. The rescission ensures a return to the department’s prior policy and practice in place during ...
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The US Labor Department published a four page rule on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the fate of the (PRO) Union Bosses Act in the 118th Congress...
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News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Biden administration overturned a Trump-era rule protecting opportunities for faith-based contractors to seek federal government contracts...
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News Release: US Department of Labor, McCarthy Building Companies sign alliance