News from March 2021
By Labor Gazette | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The signing of the American Rescue Plan Act significantly expanded the number of weeks that many workers will be able to collect pandemic-related unemployment insurance benefits. Now, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration has published guidance to state workforce agencies regarding implementation of the ARPA provisions.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a Summer Data Challenge competition for emerging and established scholars to analyze how federal labor policies, protections and programs reach traditionally underserved communities.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: SMITHFIELD, NC – Temporary foreign workers are essential contributors to America’s agricultural workforce, and laws enforced by several federal departments, including the U.S. Department of Labor, govern their hiring, wages and working conditions.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a Summer Data Challenge competition for emerging and established scholars to analyze how federal labor policies, protections and programs reach traditionally underserved communities.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC ‒ Today, six of every 10 workers trapped in a grain bin don’t make it out alive. This is a frightening reality, but one that the nation’s 8,378 off-farm grain storage facilities’ operators can change by following common sense approaches that truly may be the difference between life and death.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The signing of the American Rescue Plan Act significantly expanded the number of weeks that many workers will be able to collect pandemic-related unemployment insurance benefits. Now, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration has published guidance to state workforce agencies regarding implementation of the ARPA provisions.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: EL PASO, TX – Construction is a high hazard industry that comprises various activities that can expose workers to serious injuries. Depending on the job, construction workers may face falls, trench and scaffold collapses, slips, trips and other dangers.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: DELAWARE, OH – Creative Foundations Inc. has paid $327,848 in back wages to 223 employees after the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found the Delaware-based employer violated the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime and child labor requirements. The department assessed $671 in civil money penalties for the employer’s child labor violations.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 16, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 16, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 16, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 16, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 16, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 16, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 16, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 16, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 16, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Mar 16, 2021
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Mar 16, 2021
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Mar 16, 2021
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
