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US Department of Labor, Trumbull Corp. partner to protect workers on Berkeley County, West Virginia, highway construction project
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2023
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, ...
Labor Department discusses Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Report of Construction Contractor's Wage Rates on March 23
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.
Owens: Saddling Future Generations with Others’ Debt is Not the American Way
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2023
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...
Federal court order aids Department of Labor recovery of $265K in back wages for 182 employees of Milford drywall contractor
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2023
Release: Date of Action: March 13, 2023
US Department of Labor, Colorado Health Care Association collaborate to help keep long-term care workers safe, healthy
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2023
News Release: US Department of Labor, Colorado Health Care Association
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.
Ranking Member Cassidy, Cornyn, Ernst Announce Effort to Overturn Biden’s Reckless Student Loan Scheme Through Congressional Review Act
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, John Cornyn (R-TX), and Joni Ernst (R-IA) announced they will introduce a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn President Biden’s student loan cancelation scheme, which would transfer up to $20,000 in student loan debt per borrower onto taxpayers, costing an estimated $400 billion.
Ranking Member Cassidy Delivers Remarks During Moderna Hearing
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks during today’s hearing on the price of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Ranking Member Cassidy Releases Statement on Loren Sweatt to be Republican Nominee to National Mediation Board
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement after President Biden announced that Loren Sweatt, current Senior Professional Staff Member for the HELP Committee GOP staff, will be nominated to serve as a member of the National Mediation Board (NMB), an independent federal agency that works with the railroad and airline industries on labor relations.
Ranking Member Cassidy Condemns Biden’s Veto of Environmental Social Governance (ESG) Resolution
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, condemned President Biden’s veto of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution overturning a rule authorizing asset managers to prioritize environment, social and governance (ESG) factors over the financial success of their clients’ retirement savings
Ranking Member Cassidy Requests Answers over Stanford University’s Failure to Protect Free Speech on Campus
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, raised concerns about Stanford University’s failure to protect freedom of speech after a student-led protest disrupted an event headlined by Judge Kyle Duncan, who serves on U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
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...