Topic - Department Of Labor

The Ministry of Labor (US), or Labour (UK), also known as the Department of Labor, or Labour, is a government department responsible for setting national labor standards, labor dispute mechanisms, employment, workforce participation, training, and social security. - Source: Wikipedia

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FILE - A hiring sign is displayed in Riverwoods, Ill., on April 16, 2024. On Thursday, June 27, 2024, the government reports on the number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

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FILE - Julie Su speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions confirmation hearing for her to be the Labor Secretary, on Capitol Hill, April 20, 2023, in Washington. The Labor Department moved Tuesday to better protect miners from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of mine workers from a respiratory disease commonly known as “black lung.” (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Coal miners are getting new protections from silica dust linked to black lung disease

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President Joe Biden speaks about the September jobs report in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Shoppers carry their purchases in Bradenton, Fla., Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. On Tuesday, March 12, 2024, the Labor Department issues its report on inflation at the consumer level in February. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

U.S. inflation up again in February in latest sign that price pressures remain elevated

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A worker heads into the JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley, Colo., on Oct. 12, 2020. Packers Sanitation Services Inc., or PSSI, one of the country's largest food safety cleaning service providers employed more than 100 children as young as 13 in dangerous jobs at 13 meat processing plants in eight states, including JBS, the U.S. Department of Labor said Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Labor Department finds 2 dozen children working in slaughterhouses

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Illustration on Biden's new Federal labor law's effects by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Four reasons companies should ignore the DOL’s new worker classification rule

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In this Jan. 29, 2006, photo, a car passes in front of a Tyson Foods Inc., sign at Tyson headquarters in Springdale, Ark. (AP Photo/April L. Brown) **FILE**

Perdue Farms, Tyson Foods probed over child labor claims

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A construction worker wires rebar for a foundation, on Friday, March 17, 2023, in Boston. On Friday, the U.S. government issues the August jobs report. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

U.S. employers added a solid 187,000 jobs in August in sign of a still-resilient labor market

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Julie Su, Acting Labor Secretary, speaks during an impromptu appearance at the "Democracy for the People" tour, a race and democracy summit sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus, Wednesday, July 28, 2023, in Houston. Biden administration proposed a new rule Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023 that would make 3.6 million more U.S. workers eligible for overtime pay, reviving an Obama-era policy effort that was ultimately scuttled in court. “I’ve heard from workers again and again about working long hours, for no extra pay, all while earning low salaries that don’t come anywhere close to compensating them for their sacrifices,” Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su said in a statement. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, File)

Millions more workers would be entitled to overtime pay under a proposed Biden administration rule

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McDonald’s fined for child labor violations in Louisiana, Texas

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Labor Department rule would hurt financial services workers, consumers alike

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The entrance to the Labor Department is seen near the Capitol in Washington. Unemployment fraud in the U.S. has reached dramatic levels during the pandemic: more than $63 billion has been paid out improperly through fraud or errors since March 2020. Criminals are seizing on the opportunity created by the pandemic and are making false claims using stolen information. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Inspector general asks for more time, money to probe pandemic unemployment fraud

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A hiring sign is displayed at a restaurant in Prospect Heights, Ill., Tuesday, April 4, 2023. On Friday, the U.S. government issues the March jobs report. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

U.S. adds 236,000 jobs, suggests solid footing despite rate hikes

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Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes speaks during a news conference Thursday, May 31, 2018, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) ** FILE **

Red states slap Biden administration with lawsuit over climate friendly retirement fund rules

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

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Biden proposes Christmas job killer with recession looming

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