Labor and State Departments promise fair practices for H-2B visa program participants. The Departments of Labor and State issued the “Guidance on Fair Recruitment Practices for Temporary Migrant…
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Job Training Deficit Leaves Critical Jobs Open
Labor department assesses supply chain worker shortage. Members of Congress and the White House have begun to evaluate the lagging workforce development as inflation continues to increase. In…
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Labor Secretary Comments on February’s Jobs Report
Encouraged by the reduction in the unemployment rate. U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh communicated optimism after seeing the February 2022 Employment Situation Report. The Bureau of Labor…
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First-Ever Labor Election Under U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement
New federal center oversees collective union voting. In July of 2021, the U.S. and Mexico announced a plan to take on large-scale union activities at one facility run…
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Labor Department Announces “Good Jobs” Initiative
Hopes to provide workers better understanding of their rights. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh announced last week the “Good Jobs” initiative. The initiative will provide information to workers,…
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Omicron variant makes only slight impact The Labor Department published its final job report for 2021 on Thursday. Adjusting the data for temporary holiday jobs, unemployment applications rose…
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New Unemployment Claims at a 52-year low
The Labor Department says in their release of the November jobs report. The Department of Labor released its report on the state of the labor market at the…
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Labor Department Issues Rule on Workers’ Tips
Employers who take employees’ tips subject to penalties regardless of repetition or wilfullness. Last week, the Department of Labor announced a final rule that allows the department to…
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Labor Department Appoints Members to Advisory Committee
President Biden relaunched the committee on apprenticeships earlier this year. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Labor announced the appointment of 29 members to serve on the Advisory…
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Senate Confirms Marty Walsh as Labor Secretary
He is the final cabinet secretary to be confirmed. Marty Walsh, the former Mayor of Boston, was confirmed by the Senate in a 68-29 vote to be the…
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