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Hawaii Restaurant’s Managers Pocketed Employees’ Tips Illegally, Leading Us Department Of Labor To Recover $91k For 35 Workers

The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $91,097 in unpaid wages and liquidated damages for workers employed by a Kapolei restaurant that allowed its managers to pocket some of the tips earned by its servers, cooks and kitchen helpers.


Us Department Of Labor Announces $653m In American Rescue Plan Funds Available To States For Unemployment Insurance Infrastructure Modernization

The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the availability of up to $653 million in grants to modernize unemployment insurance information technology systems and to participate in pilots. Funded by the American Rescue Plan Act, the grants will help states modernize their technology, increase flexibility and performance, protect against fraud proactively and make claims processing more efficient.



Readout: Secretary Of Transportation Pete Buttigieg Helps Wrap Up Department Of Labor’s National Workforce Development Convening

The U.S. Department of Labor today welcomed Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to help close out “ETA Vision 2030: Investing in America,” a three-day event on the future of workforce development.




US Department of Labor announces more than $12M in grant funding available for worker safety, health training grants

The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the availability of more than $12.7 million in funding to make more good jobs available to the U.S. workforce by supporting training initiatives designed to promote safe and healthy in the nation's workplaces.



OSHA encourages stakeholders to share feedback on effectiveness of leading indicators to improve, develop resource tool

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is asking for stakeholder input on their current use of leading indicators and their impact on managing their safety and health management systems.



US Department of Labor, Shipbuilders Council of America renew alliance to promote safe, healthful workplaces in Mid-Atlantic shipyard industry

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Shipbuilders Council of America and its associate members have renewed an alliance to continue protecting the Mid-Atlantic region’s shipbuilding workers from workplace safety and health hazards.





Neal Statement On Internal Revenue Service’s Direct File Report

Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Treasury Department released a report examining how the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) could implement a direct filing program to ease taxpayers’ burden and deliver more comprehensive services:


Neal, Ways And Means Democrats Statement On Irs Addressing Racial Disparities In Audit Rates

Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Oversight Subcommittee Ranking Member Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Ranking Member Danny K. Davis (D-IL), and Racial Equity Initiative Co-Chair Terri A. Sewell (D-AL) released the following statement on the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) work on addressing racial bias in audit rates after reporting that Black Americans are three to five times more likely to be audited by the IRS:


Neal Statement On Republicans’ Surprise Billing Our Workers Act

Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) blasted Republicans’ Surprise Billing Our Workers Act:


Davis Leads Debate On Republicans' Surprise Billing Our Workers

Democrats strongly agree that those who took advantage of the COVID crisis to commit fraud must be held accountable. Indeed, Democrats put two billion dollars in the American Rescue Plan Act to fight fraud, and every House Republican voted against these investments to prevent fraud and hold criminals accountable.