News from 2023
Owens Blasts Biden’s Free College Agenda: “Radical, Costly, and Unlawful”
By DOL Newswire | May 25, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT), delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled “Breaking the System Part II: Examining the Implications of Biden’s Student Loan Policies for Students and Taxpayers"...
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Request for State or Federal Workers' Compensation Information discussed on May 25 by Labor Department
By DOL Newswire | May 26, 2023
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
US Department of Labor investigation finds Columbus children's hospital exposed nurses, other employees to workplace violence
By DOL Newswire | May 26, 2023
News Release: COLUMBUS, OH ‒ A Columbus children's hospital failed to protect employees - including nurses and mental health professionals - from patients whose bites, kicks, punches and other assaults caused serious injuries, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found.
Foxx, Kiley to Su: Don't Shame America's Farmers
By DOL Newswire | May 26, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) sent a letter to Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su regarding serious delays in the processing of H-2A applications. The letter comes following disturbing quotes from DOL officials likening America’s agriculture employers to slave laborers.
Foxx, Walberg, Chavez-DeRemer Demand Answers from Su on Trafficking of Migrant Children
By DOL Newswire | May 26, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), and Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR) sent a letter to Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su demanding information about recent reports that migrant children - many of whom were under the care of the Department of Health and Human Services - are being trafficked and working illegally in the United States.
17 notices published in week ending May 13 by Labor Department
By DOL Newswire | May 28, 2023
There were 17 notices published by the Labor Department in week ending May 13, according to the Federal Register.
DOL-ETA grant application closes on July 28
By DOL Newswire | May 30, 2023
Announcement of a Grant Opportunity to Support State Unemployment Insurance (UI) Information Technology (IT) Modernization Activities Under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant opened on May 30.
MEDIA ADVISORY: HELP Committee to Hold Hearing on Worsening Child Care Crisis
By DOL Newswire | May 31, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, May 30 - The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, chaired by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), will hold a hearing Wednesday, May 31 at 10:00 a.m. ET titled, “Solving the Child Care Crisis: Meeting the Needs of Working Families and Child Care Workers."
US Department of Labor finds fire, electrical, other hazards in inspections at two southeast Oklahoma Dollar General stores putting workers at risk
By DOL Newswire | May 31, 2023
News Release: HARTSHORNE, OK - When federal workplace safety investigators opened inspections in December 2022 at two Dollar General stores in southeast Oklahoma, they found blocked exit routes and walkways exposing employees to fire hazards, the same types of violations investigators discovered in stores across the nation operated by the national discount retailer.
NEWS: Ahead of HELP Hearing, Sanders and Murray Release Report on Worsening Child Care Crisis, Imminent Funding Cliff
By DOL Newswire | May 31, 2023
News Release: Chairman Sanders and Former Chair Murray’s Report Finds the End of Critical Relief Funds Will Force Many Child Care Providers to Raise Tuition for Working Families, Reduce Wages for Workers, Serve Fewer Children, or Close their Programs for Good
Teachers Unions, Education Department Sweep Sexual Abuse Under the Rug as K-12 Cases Spike
By DOL Newswire | Jun 1, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) made the following statement in response to the Defense of Freedom Institute’s (DFI) new report that uncovered evidence of teachers unions, school districts, and the Department of Education concealing cases of sexual abuse in K-12 public schools...
Foxx: Fiscal Responsibility Act Means Greater Stewardship of Taxpayer Dollars
By DOL Newswire | Jun 1, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act, specifically addressing the student loan component of the bill...
Su to Testify at Hearing as Foxx Conducts Oversight of the Department of Labor
By DOL Newswire | Jun 1, 2023
News Release: On Wednesday, June 7th, at 10:15 a.m., the Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a full committee hearing titled “Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Labor." Acting Secretary Julie Su will testify at the hearing.
US Department of Labor finds Dollar General blocked emergency exits, allowed other safety hazards at 4 southern Pennsylvania stores
By DOL Newswire | Jun 2, 2023
News Release: US Department of Labor finds Dollar General blocked emergency exits, allowed other safety hazards at 4 southern Pennsylvania stores
As Illegal Migrant Child Labor Surges in U.S., DOL Turns a Blind Eye
By DOL Newswire | Jun 2, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) sent a letter to Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su to request information from the Department of Labor on how it plans to address the alarming...
US Department of Labor announces 15 members of Advisory Committee on Construction Safety, Health
By DOL Newswire | Jun 3, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced today the appointments of 15 people to serve as members on the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health.
@EdWorkforceCmte Announces Markup on Bills to Improve Health Care Options for Small Businesses and Student Outcomes
By DOL Newswire | Jun 3, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Tuesday, June 6, at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a markup to consider five bills: H. Res. 461, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress disapproves of the use of public elementary and secondary school facilities to provide shelter...
Labor Department publishes notice on June 2
By DOL Newswire | Jun 3, 2023
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on June 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
US Department of Labor will provide worker safety, health experts in areas hardest hit in Guam by Typhoon Mawar to protect recovery workers
By DOL Newswire | Jun 3, 2023
News Release: DEDEDO, GUAM - The U.S. Department of Labor will send experts from its Occupational Safety and Health Administration to areas of Guam hardest hit by Typhoon Mawar to protect the safety and health of recovery workers as part of the federal response and recovery effort after the storm struck the island in late May.
Foxx, Good, Walberg: Association Health Plans Help Small Businesses Thrive
By DOL Newswire | Jun 3, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA), and Congressman Tim Walberg (R-MI) made the following statement in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) effort to block Virginia from implementing a law that expands health care access for small businesses...