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Philadelphia-area swimming pool subcontractor must pay $384K in back wages, penalties after Department of Labor finds H-2B guest worker violations
News Release: AMBLER, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent order to enable the recovery of $317,097 in back wages for three U.S. and 56 workers from Mexico employed by an Ambler, Pennsylvania, swimming pool subcontractor under the federal H-2B guest worker visa program.
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Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Chair Good to Hold Hearing on Lowering Health Care Costs
News Release: On Wednesday, April 26, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), will hold a hearing titled “Reducing Health Care Costs for Working Americans and Their Families."
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Foxx: “Female Athletes are Being Erased”
News Release: WASHINGTON - Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House floor today in support of H.R. 734, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. The bill strengthens existing protections for women, ensures a level playing field for female athletes, and protects women and girls from the Biden administration’s radical regulatory scheme.
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US Department of Labor finds Mississippi farm willfully disregarded safety standards after South African guest worker suffocates in storage bin
News Release: GREENWOOD, MS - Had federal workplace safety regulations been followed at a LeFlore County soybean farm, a South African teenager employed by its operator would have returned home and not suffocated inside a grain bin in October 2022.
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Kiley: “The livelihoods of millions of Americans are at risk”
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chair Kevin Kiley (R-CA) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing that explores the benefits of the independent contractor model on the working economy and the negative impact the Biden administration’s policies are having on freelancers across the country...
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Consulting firm earns renewed 'Star' designation, US Department of Labor recognition of its lengthy commitment to safe, healthy workplaces
News Release: Consulting firm earns renewed 'Star' designation, US Department of Labor
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US Department of Labor, Ringland-Johnson Construction partnership will promote workplace safety during Rockford's Hard Rock Casino project
News Release: US Department of Labor, Ringland-Johnson Construction partnership
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Foxx on GOP Restoring Fiscal Sanity in America
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) made the following statement on the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023, House Republicans’ plan to restore fiscal sanity in America...
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Chair Foxx Calls on Julie Su to Testify
News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Acting Secretary Julie Su requesting she testify before the Committee and fulfill her obligation to be accountable to the American people. This letter follows a rejection by DOL officials of a request to have...
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Subcommittee on Workforce Protections to Hold Hearing on Independent Contractors
News Release: Tomorrow, April 19, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA), will hold a hearing titled “Examining Biden’s War on Independent Contractors."
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NEWS: As Republicans Move to Provide a $1.8 Trillion Tax Giveaway to Billionaires, Sanders Introduces Bill to Make the Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 18 - While 41 Senate Republicans recently introduced legislation to permanently repeal the estate tax - which would provide a $1.8 trillion tax giveaway to billionaires in America and would only provide relief to the top one-tenth of one percent - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman...
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Bean Delivers Opening Remarks at Hearing on School Choice
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Chair Aaron Bean (R-FL) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on how school choice expands educational freedom...
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US Department of Labor finds Arizona veterans' healthcare facility exposed employees to potentially deadly hazards on steam lines
News Release: PRESCOTT, AZ - Federal safety inspectors found that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs endangered maintenance workers at its healthcare facility in Prescott by allowing them to work on steam lines without ensuring they followed required safety procedures.
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Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education to Hold Hearing on School Choice
News Release: Tomorrow, April 18, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Aaron Bean (R-FL), will hold a hearing titled “School Choice: Expanding Educational Freedom for All."
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Public press releases: U.S. Department of Labor publishes 108 in February
There were 108 press releases published by the U.S. Department of Labor in February.
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US Department of Labor, WeCount! align to educate vulnerable agricultural, construction, domestic workers in South Florida on workplace safety, health
News Release: US Department of Labor, WeCount! align to educate vulnerable agricultural,
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'Danger Vu': Federal inspection again finds Dollar General exits, walkways blocked, boxes stacked unsafely, workers at risk in Texas, Wisconsin
News Release: WASHINGTON - At Dollar General stores near Houston and Green Bay, federal workplace safety inspectors found exit routes and walkways blocked - unsafe conditions that make safe and quick emergency evacuation difficult or impossible - that have become common discoveries for years at stores operated by one of the nation's largest discount retailers.
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Federal safety investigators find Alabama paper mill willfully bypassed safety regulations, leading to fatal electrocution of 36-year-old worker
News Release: MAPLESVILLE, AL - Federal workplace safety inspectors examining how a 36-year-old worker suffered fatal electrocution in a Maplesville paper mill found his employer willfully violating safety standards, including disregarding hazardous energy control procedures that protect employees performing maintenance on machinery.
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Department of Labor, industry partners to promote road construction worker safety during 2023 National Work Zone Awareness Week
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration will join construction organizations in Georgia to promote worker safety and encourage industry employers to hold safety stand-downs at roadwork sites and in traffic work zones during National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 17 to 21.
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NEWS: HELP Committee to Hold Hearing to Consider Nomination of Julie Su to Serve as Secretary of Labor
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 13 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, today announced that the committee will hold a hearing on Thursday, April 20 at 10 a.m. ET to consider the nomination of Julie Su to serve as Secretary for the U.S. Department of Labor.