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A Win for Women and Girls

By DOL Newswire | Apr 21, 2023

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) made the following statement following the passage of the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which delivers on a key promise of the Commitment to America and protects female athletes from the Biden administration’s radical regulatory scheme...

Wages waiting: Department of Labor seeking nearly 2,900 people employed in response to 2015 bird flu outbreak after recovery of $1.7M in back wages

By DOL Newswire | Apr 21, 2023

News Release: DES MOINES, IA - In September 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor obtained a consent judgment to recover $1.7 million for nearly 2,900 workers employed by 145 different subcontractors in 2015 to euthanize birds and dispose of carcasses during the avian flu outbreak and is trying to locate workers owed back wages.

Department of Labor recovers $272K in back wages from bars, restaurants’ operator who denied full wages to 133 employees at six Omaha locations

By DOL Newswire | Apr 21, 2023

News Release: OMAHA, NE - A U.S. Department of Labor investigation has recovered $272,163 in overtime back wages for 133 workers employed by an Omaha-based operator of six bars, restaurants and live music venues that used a tip pool illegally, and denied servers and salaried employees correct overtime wages.

Philadelphia-area swimming pool subcontractor must pay $384K in back wages, penalties after Department of Labor finds H-2B guest worker violations

By DOL Newswire | Apr 21, 2023

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.

Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Chair Good to Hold Hearing on Lowering Health Care Costs

By DOL Newswire | Apr 20, 2023

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."

Foxx: “Female Athletes are Being Erased”

By DOL Newswire | Apr 20, 2023

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.

US Department of Labor finds Mississippi farm willfully disregarded safety standards after South African guest worker suffocates in storage bin

By DOL Newswire | Apr 20, 2023

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.

Kiley: “The livelihoods of millions of Americans are at risk”

By DOL Newswire | Apr 20, 2023

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...

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

By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 20, 2023

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

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A Win for Women and Girls

Wages waiting: Department of Labor seeking nearly 2,900 people employed in response to 2015 bird flu outbreak after recovery of $1.7M in back wages

Department of Labor recovers $272K in back wages from bars, restaurants’ operator who denied full wages to 133 employees at six Omaha locations

Philadelphia-area swimming pool subcontractor must pay $384K in back wages, penalties after Department of Labor finds H-2B guest worker violations

Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Chair Good to Hold Hearing on Lowering Health Care Costs

Foxx: “Female Athletes are Being Erased”

US Department of Labor finds Mississippi farm willfully disregarded safety standards after South African guest worker suffocates in storage bin

Kiley: “The livelihoods of millions of Americans are at risk”

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: HELP Committee to Hold Hearing to Consider Nomination of Julie Su to Serve as Secretary of Labor

Chair Foxx Calls on Julie Su to Testify

Subcommittee on Workforce Protections to Hold Hearing on Independent Contractors

Bean Delivers Opening Remarks at Hearing on School Choice

Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education to Hold Hearing on School Choice

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