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Foxx: PBGC Must Stop Improper Payments
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2023
News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report finding that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) approved special financial assistance (SFA) applications that may have included deceased participants...
Pesos on the dollar: US Department of Labor recovers $465K in back wages, damages from Carlsbad manufacturer who underpaid Mexican workers
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2023
News Release: CARLSBAD, CA - A federal investigation has recovered $465,993 in back wages and liquidated damages for 44 employees of a California medical injection molding manufacturer who denied them their legally earned wages, including overtime, by incorrectly classifying many as trainees.
Foxx, Miller Demand Answers From the Department of Education on its Dangerous Interpretation of Title IX
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2023
News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Vice-Chair Mary Miller (R-IL) sent a letter to Catherine E. Lhamon, Assistant Secretary of the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Education, to slam the agency for its apparent indifference on the importance of...
US Department of Labor finds Hidalgo County wrongly denied full bonuses to workers who used legally protected Family and Medical Leave
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2023
News Release: Employer name: Hidalgo County. Investigation site: Hidalgo County Head Start Program. 1901 W. State Hwy 107. Edinburg, TX 78504. Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found Hidalgo County failed to pay full incentive bonuses to workers in its Head Start program ...
US Department of Labor, Colorado Health Care Association collaborate to help keep long-term care workers safe, healthy
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2023
Release: Participants: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Department of Labor finds Tennessee McDonald’s franchisee endangered minor who suffered deep fryer burn, assesses $3K civil penalty
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2023
News Release: MORRISTOWN, TN - A U.S. Department of Labor child labor investigation has found that the operator of a McDonald’s franchise location in Morristown assigned a 15-year-old employee - who suffered hot oil burns while using a deep fryer - to perform tasks considered hazardous for young workers.
Chairwoman Foxx on Parents Bill of Rights
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2023
News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, on the House Floor in support of H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights Act...
Petition for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards discussed on March 23 by Labor Department
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2023
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Labor Department discusses Reopening Comment Period for the Proposed Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14 (the QPAM Exemption) on March 23
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2023
The US Labor Department published a two page proposed rule on March 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Foxx Pushes to Override Biden Veto and Protect America’s Retirement Savers
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2023
News Release: Ahead of a House vote to override President Biden’s veto of H.J. Res. 30, a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the Biden administration’s rule encouraging retirement plan fiduciaries to consider or choose investments based on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), delivered the following remarks...
Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development to Hold Hearing on “Diversity of Thought: Protecting Free Speech on College Campuses”
By DOL Newswire | Mar 23, 2023
News Release: On Wednesday, March 29, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, Chaired by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), will hold a hearing titled “Diversity of Thought: Protecting Free Speech on College Campuses."
Unfit wages: US Department of Labor survey finds widespread violations by Southern California garment industry contractors, manufacturers
By DOL Newswire | Mar 23, 2023
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A survey of Southern California garment-sewing contractors and manufacturers by the U.S. Department of Labor has found workers making garments sold by many of the nation’s leading fashion retailers often continue to be victims of wage theft and employers’ illegal pay practices.
US Department of Labor recovers $46K in back wages for Indiana construction workers on federal projects
By DOL Newswire | Mar 23, 2023
Release: Employer: Force Construction Company Inc., Columbus, Indiana
PREPARED REMARKS: HELP Committee Hearing on Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Pricing, CEO to Testify
By DOL Newswire | Mar 23, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 22 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, today led the committee in a hearing titled, “Taxpayers Paid Billions For It: So Why Would Moderna Consider Quadrupling the Price of the COVID Vaccine?"
Department of Labor will reopen comment period on proposed amendment to Qualified Professional Asset Manager Exemption
By DOL Newswire | Mar 23, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Employee Benefits Security Administration will reopen the public comment period on the proposed amendment to Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14 - also known as the Qualified Professional Asset Manager Exemption - until April 6, 2023, to gather additional comments.
Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development to Hold Hearing on the Department of Education's Student Loan Policies
By DOL Newswire | Mar 23, 2023
News Release: Tomorrow at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, Chaired by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), will hold a hearing titled “Breaking the System: Examining the Implications of Biden's Student Loan Policies for Students and Taxpayers."
Chairwoman Foxx Issues Subpoena Following Bombshell Whistleblower Allegations of Misconduct by NLRB Officials
By DOL Newswire | Mar 23, 2023
News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued a subpoena to the Assistant to the Regional Director for Region 15 of the National Labor Relations Board after she sounded the alarm about NLRB officials engaging in misconduct and failing to conduct fair and impartial elections.
US Department of Labor recovers $82K for 23 restaurant workers after Tennessee employer’s pay practices denied overtime wages
By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2023
Release: Employer: Ameritalia LLC, operating as Coco’s Italian Market and Restaurants
National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH) Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Work Group: Notice of Meeting discussed on March 21 by Labor Department
By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2023
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on March 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Federal investigation of teen worker’s fall from New Castle store roof finds Georgia contractor violated child labor, overtime, worker safety laws
By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2023
News Release: NEW CASTLE, PA - A federal investigation into why a 17-year-old worker - who fell 24 feet from the roof of a New Castle, Pennsylvania, home improvement store in October 2022 - was doing work that violated child labor laws led to a wider review into how the roofing contractor failed to pay 30 employees their full wages and exposed other workers to dangerous fall hazards.