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US Department of Labor, industry leaders focus on small steps for big safety impact during 2023 Stand Up 4 Grain Safety Week, March 27-31
News Release: WASHINGTON ‒ Once inside a grain storage bin, a worker can find themselves engulfed or trapped by flowing grain in just seconds. In 2021, 38 percent of reported grain engulfments turned deadly because required safeguards were not followed.
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Foxx Calls Out FTC For Exceeding Authority With Non-Compete Clause Rule
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission, to express concerns with the agency’s proposed “Non-Compete Clause Rule" which would impose a ban on non-compete clauses in employment contracts.
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@EdworkforceCmte to Hold Full Committee Hearing: “Unleashing America’s Opportunities for Hiring and Employment”
News Release: Tomorrow, March 28, at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a hearing titled “Unleashing America’s Opportunities for Hiring and Employment" which will examine how current economic conditions created by Biden administration policies are negatively impacting employment for workers and job creators.
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US Department of Labor, Grain and Feed Association of Illinois renew alliance to address common hazards in the grain-handling industry
News Release: Quote: "Alliances like those between OSHA and the Grain and Feed Association of Illinois address hazards, reduce risks and improve safety and health management systems to help prevent life-altering injuries and fatalities in the highly hazardous grain handling industry," said OSHA's Regional Administrator Bill Donovan in Chicago. "We look forward to our continued partnership and dialog with the Illinois farming community on the unique hazards faced by their workers."
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NEWS: HELP MAJORITY STAFF REPORT ON STARBUCKS
News Release: No Company is Above the Law: Myth-Busting Starbucks’ Claims That it Has Not Violated Federal Labor Law with Impunity
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US Department of Labor, Trumbull Corp. partners to protect workers on Berkeley County, West Virginia, highway construction project
News Release: US Department of Labor, Trumbull Corp. partners to protect workers
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Chairwoman Foxx Celebrates House Passage of the Parents Bill of Rights
News Release: Today, the House passed H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights Act, which delivers on a key promise of the Commitment to America and puts in place concrete legal protections that will ensure parents always have a seat at the table when it comes to their child’s education.
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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services announce additional steps to tackle child labor violations, strengthen coordination
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services today announced a Memorandum of Agreement to advance ongoing efforts to address child labor exploitation.
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US Department of Labor finds lawn service contractor ignored safety standards, allowed workers to operate riding mowers dangerously at Fort Campbell
News Release: FORT CAMPBELL, KY - A federal workplace safety inspection of a lawn service contractors’ operations at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, has found the company ignored safety requirements to save time, including removing safety guards on industrial lawnmowers.
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US Department of Labor finds lawn service contractor ignored safety standards, allowed workers to operate riding mowers dangerously at Fort Campbell
News Release: FORT CAMPBELL, KY - A federal workplace safety inspection of a lawn service contractors' operations at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, has found the company ignored safety requirements to save time, including removing safety guards on industrial lawnmowers.
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Foxx to Cardona: Don’t Trample on Religious Student Organizations’ Rights
News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, joined by Reps. Tim Walberg, Glenn Grothman, Elise Stefanik, Rick Allen, Jim Banks, Burgess Owens, Lisa McClain, Mary Miller, Aaron Bean, Nathaniel Moran, and Erin Houchin, sent a comment letter to the Department of Education urging the Department to withdraw a proposed rule that removes protections provided to religious student organizations at public institutions of higher education...
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US Department of Labor, Trumbull Corp. partner to protect workers on Berkeley County, West Virginia, highway construction project
Release: Participants: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Trumbull Corp. Partnership description: The partnership seeks to prevent worker injuries and exposure to hazards by developing a public-private approach to safety and health during construction of a three-mile, ...
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Owens: Saddling Future Generations with Others’ Debt is Not the American Way
News Release: Today, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chair Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on the Biden administration’s student loan bailout and the devastating consequences to taxpayers...
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Federal court order aids Department of Labor recovery of $265K in back wages for 182 employees of Milford drywall contractor
Release: Date of Action: March 13, 2023
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US Department of Labor, Colorado Health Care Association collaborate to help keep long-term care workers safe, healthy
News Release: US Department of Labor, Colorado Health Care Association
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Foxx: PBGC Must Stop Improper Payments
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...
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Pesos on the dollar: US Department of Labor recovers $465K in back wages, damages from Carlsbad manufacturer who underpaid Mexican workers
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.
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Foxx, Miller Demand Answers From the Department of Education on its Dangerous Interpretation of Title IX
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...
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US Department of Labor finds Hidalgo County wrongly denied full bonuses to workers who used legally protected Family and Medical Leave
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 ...
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US Department of Labor, Colorado Health Care Association collaborate to help keep long-term care workers safe, healthy
Release: Participants: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration