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The number of job openings increased to 11.0 million on the last business day of December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
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Unemployment rates were lower in December than a year earlier in 244 of the 389 metropolitan areas, higher in 115 areas, and unchanged in 30 areas, the U.S. Bureauof Labor Statistics reported today
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Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 1.0 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month period ending in December 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries increased 1.0 percent and benefit costs increased 0.8 percent from September 2022.
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The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement today requested that the government of Mexico conduct another review at the VU Manufacturing parts facility in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, in response to an allegation the facility continues to deny workers’ rights.
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A Manchester chimney services provider has settled claims that it broke the anti-retaliation provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act by paying $26,163 to three employees.
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There were nine notices published by the Labor Department in week ending Jan. 28, according to the Federal Register.
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There were 31 notices published by the Labor Department in December, according to the Federal Register.
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News Release: WIXOM, MI - The operator of a Culver’s franchise restaurant location in Wixom has paid $13,212 in civil money penalties after federal investigators determined the employer allowed 18 teens - ages 14 and 15 - to work more than federal child labor laws permit.
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News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Representative Jeff Duncan (R-SC) led 126 House Republicans in filing an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in the upcoming case considering the Biden administration’s student loan bailout, which exploits legislation drafted in the wake of Sept. 11, 2001, meant to assist service members and veterans.
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News Release: HO-HO-KUS, NJ - Two roofing workers dead - victims of preventable workplace falls in New York - both in the month of February - the first in 2019 in Kameisha Lake and the second in 2022 in Spring Valley.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: HO-HO-KUS, NJ - Two roofing workers dead - victims of preventable workplace falls in New York - both in the month of February - the first in 2019 in Kameisha Lake and the second in 2022 in Spring Valley.
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News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Republican Leader Bill Cassidy (R-LA) rebuked the administration’s reckless Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) rule proposal and called on Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to extend the rushed public comment period.
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News Release: Participants: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Buffalo Area Office
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News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement on the January 2023 Employment Situation Report
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FL - Three construction contractors might have prevented the death of a 31-year-old laborer who suffered fatal injuries after falling while installing roof trusses at a Tallahassee work site on Aug. 17, 2022, a federal workplace safety investigation has found.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: Today, House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Republican Leader John Boozman (R-AR) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced unworkable nutrition standards that will hamstring schools...