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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement on the April 2021 Employment Situation Report: “Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the American economy added 266,000 jobs in the month of April, and the unemployment rate was 6.1 percent, up marginally ...
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News Release: FORT MYERS, FL – An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has recovered more than $36,000 in back wages for workers at a grocery store that denied them overtime pay required by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement on the April 2021 Employment Situation Report: “Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the American economy added 266,000 jobs in the month of April, and the unemployment rate was 6.1 percent, up marginally ...
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News Release: FORT MYERS, FL – An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has recovered more than $36,000 in back wages for workers at a grocery store that denied them overtime pay required by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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News Release: Dear Mr. Dodaro: As chairs of the House Committee on Education and Labor and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), we write to request the Government Accountability Office (GAO) conduct a review of target-date funds (TDFs). The employer-provided retirement system must...
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News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the newly released April jobs report...
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee doctors Reps. Greg Murphy (R-NC) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) penned a letter to Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, demanding more information regarding the American Federation of Teachers’ influence on school reopening guidelines...
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The US Labor Department published a one page proposed rule on May 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a two page rule on May 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking related to the adjudication of temporary need for employers seeking to hire for herding or production of livestock on the range jobs under the H-2A program.
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News Release: WACO, TX – Moving machine parts have the potential to cause serious or fatal injuries when safety protections and procedures are ignored, and yet a Waco bath and shower manufacturer once again failed to provide its employees a safe and healthful workplace.
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News Release: WICHITA, KS- The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division asks businesses in Kansas’ heavy construction industries to complete surveys to help the agency establish accurate prevailing wage rates, as required under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts. Not limited to federally funded construction projects, the survey includes active heavy construction projects that took place in any of Kansas’ metropolitan counties between Jan. 1, 2020 and Dec. 31, 2020.
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News Release: WACO, TX – Moving machine parts have the potential to cause serious or fatal injuries when safety protections and procedures are ignored, and yet a Waco bath and shower manufacturer once again failed to provide its employees a safe and healthful workplace.
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News Release: WICHITA, KS- The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division asks businesses in Kansas’ heavy construction industries to complete surveys to help the agency establish accurate prevailing wage rates, as required under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts. Not limited to federally funded construction projects, the survey includes active heavy construction projects that took place in any of Kansas’ metropolitan counties between Jan. 1, 2020 and Dec. 31, 2020.
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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking related to the adjudication of temporary need for employers seeking to hire for herding or production of livestock on the range jobs under the H-2A program.
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News Release: Today, Republican Leaders of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment Greg Murphy (R-NC) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting insight into the federal government’s negligent miscalculation of student loan projections. Taxpayers could be on the hook for hundreds of billions of dollars more than previously expected.
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News Release: Today, Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on the impact of COVID-19 on students with disabilities...
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News Release: WACO, TX - Moving machine parts have the potential to cause serious or fatal injuries when safety protections and procedures are ignored, and yet a Waco bath and shower manufacturer once again failed to provide its employees a safe and healthful workplace.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a four page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.