Department of Labor

Child Labor and Agribusiness Churn Washington's Food Fight

Michelle Chen | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Child Labor, Agriculture, Department of Labor, Agribusiness, Child Labor Protection, Child Labor Regulation, Migrant Children, Migrant Families, Agricultural Labor Reform, Child Labor Laws, Politics News

Child farmworker struggles are symptoms of a blight that's buried by the spin of corporate agriculture: the politics of the food system are spoiled rotten.

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The Hot News: Unemployment Dipped to 8.1 Percent But What About the Chilling Effect on the Critically Thinking Unemployed

Wendy N. Powell | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney, Department of Labor, Unemployment Rate, President Obama, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Unemployment Numbers, Unemployment, Underemployment, Politics News

We think 8.1 percent unemployment is great news, assuming more of the unemployed are now working. But we need to keep a critical eye on the news feeds with analytical balance. Something doesn't add up. Are we celebrating false achievement?

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Working Kids... to Disability and Death

Bruce Lesley | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Department of Labor, Dolores Huerta, Agribusiness, Workplace Safety, Child Labor Laws, Farming, CARE Act, Labor Laws, Agricultural Policy, Impact News

According to a report in the Journal of Pediatrics, approximately 26,650 youth are injured on farms every year. Of these injuries, more than 3,700 require hospitalization. Now, passing the CARE Act is even more important.

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Walmart Fined $4.8 Million For Not Paying Overtime

The Huffington Post | Alice Hines | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Department of Labor, Wage Theft, Walmart Overtime, Walmart Workers, Walmart Settlement, Walmart Vision Center, Business News

How many government organizations does it take to investigate one company? In Walmart's case, at least three. On Tuesday, the Department of Labor ...

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New Jersey Bills Woman For Decades-Old Debt

AP | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Debt, Video, Unemployment, New Jersey, Bills, Department of Labor, Decades Old Debt, Old Debt, Owing Money, Unemployment Checks, Money News

AMESBURY, Mass. -- A Massachusetts woman who got a bill for $73 from the state of New Jersey for a decades-old debt says she has no intention of payin...

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Cities That Pay Women The Least

24/7 Wall St. | Ashley C. Allen, Charles B. Stockdale | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Women's History Month, Equal Pay Act of 1963, Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Catalyst, Department of Labor, Equal Rights, The Institute for Women?S Policy Research, March, Wage Inequality, u.s. Census Bureau, International Women's Day, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St.: March is Women’s History Month, and March 8th is International Women’s Day. First observed in the U.S. on February 28, 1909, t...

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The Obama Labor Department Suppresses the Facts

Howard Foster | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Unions, President Obama, Scott Walker, Right to Work, Labor Department, Department of Labor, Obama Administration, Labor Unions, Workers Rights, Politics News

Union membership by public employees was banned until the 1960's. Now it is commonplace and causes the taxpayers billions of dollars for those pensions.

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Is Industry Pressure Delaying Safety Rule At White House?

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: White House, Silicosis, Workers, Crystalline Silica, Silica, Silica Rule, Office of Management and Budget, Labor Department, Elections 2012, Department of Labor, Worker Safety, Osha, Safety Regulations, Barack Obama, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A long-awaited federal rule designed to protect workers in the construction and mining industries has been tied up in red tape at the Wh...

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A Year of Rethinking Regulations

Richard L. Revesz and Michael A. Livermore | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Department of Labor, Regulation, Department of Health and Human Services, Business, Barack Obama, Business News

Weeding out old and outdated regulations makes sense. But so does keeping and expanding programs that could be working even harder.

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Given Right Opportunities, Our Youth Will Shine

Jim Gibbons | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Department of Labor, Summer Jobs+, White House, Summer Jobs, Youth Jobs Program, Transitional Employment, Youth, Goodwill, Summer Jobs Program, President Obama, Good News News

Imagine you're 18 years old and living in a shelter with your mom. While on your way to work, your boss calls. She says you've been selected to speak on a panel at the White House. Oh, and surprise -- you're on in four hours!

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Educating for Democracy: All About Jobs

Joel Shatzky | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Department of Labor, Nyu, Information Technology, No Child Left Behind, Education News

There is no evidence that No Child Left Behind, with its reliance on standardized tests and the incalculable damage it has done to the teaching profession, has made math more accessible to our students in the decade since its inception.

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Breastfeeding Law Poses Unique Challenge To Small Businesses

The Huffington Post | Alicia Ciccone | Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Department of Labor, Small Business News and Trends, Fair Labor Standards Act, Affordable Care Act, Best for Babes Foundation, Breastfeeding at Work, Small Business News

A federal law regarding working mothers is posing a new challenge to businesses, especially to smaller businesses with limited resources. According to...

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Health Care Workers On Verge Of Winning Equal Rights, Higher Pay

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: White House, Labor, Workers, Office of Management and Budget, Labor Department, Health Care Reform, Department of Labor, Medicare, Health Care, Labor Unions, Health Care Industry, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Though many of the people they care for wouldn’t know it, the roughly two million home care aides who tend to the elderly and disabled...

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Celebrating the Voice of Workers

Sec. Hilda Solis | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Department of Labor, Collective Bargaining, Workers, Unions, Secretary Hilda Solis, Ohio, U.S. Department of Labor, Politics News

Ohio has made it clear: these dedicated public servants still need a seat at the table to demand fairness, dignity and respect -- especially in tough economic times. Through their unions, they have a voice in their workplace, in their future and, most importantly, in our future.

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Can the Time Famine Felt by American Employees be Reduced?

Ellen Galinsky | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Workplace Flexibility, Work, Time Famine, Department of Labor, Economy, Hr, Impact News

Managing a paid job, as well as personal and family responsibilities, has resulted in a "time famine" and appears to impact a wide array of employees.

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Labor Dept. Issues Regulation To Improve Access To Investment Advice

AP | DAVID PITT | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Department of Labor, 401(K) Regulation, 401k Regulation, Regulation Investment, Expert Advice, Investment Advice, Video, Investment Advice Regulation, Business News

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Department of Labor on Monday issued a new regulation designed to improve access to expert investment advice for workers ...

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Study: As More Workers Are Employed Part-Time, Fewer Are Insured

Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Video, Uninsured, Health Care Reform, Department of Labor, Business News, Part-Time Jobs, Joblessness, Health Insurance, Health Care, Unempoyment, Uninsured Workers, Health Insurance Reform, Business News

More than one-fifth of employed Americans lack health insurance, according to a recent survey, and that number is may be poised to grow as more worker...

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Roofers Now At Forefront Of The Regulatory Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Video, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Dennis Kucinich, Labor Department, Roofers, Department of Labor, 112th Congress, Regulation, Construction, Reid Ribble, National Association of Home Builders, Workplace Safety, Tim Walberg, Osha, Roof Falls, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Republicans claim the Obama administration is choking small business with burdensome workplace regulations. Democrats say the few new re...

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GOP Targets Rule That Protects Rooftop Workers From Falling

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Msha, Video, Budget Cuts, Budget, Department of Labor, Workplace Safety, Worker Safety, Osha, House Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In addition to blocking President Obama's health care law and slashing funding for job training, the budget plan presented by House Repu...

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An Overview of Dismissed SOX Whistleblowers' Complaints

Brad Reid | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Department of Labor, Sox, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Whistleblowers, Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Osha, Business News

A recent Department of Labor news release stated that a financial institution was ordered to reinstate a fired employee and pay him $930,000 for viola...

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Unconstitutional, Job Killing Regulatory Army

Bruce Fein | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Department of Labor, Regulation, Jobs, Solis, Obama, Homebuilding, Sunstein, Unions, Politics News

Contrary to Regulatory Tsar Cass Sunstein's boasting of slashing burdens on industry, the Obama administration has met the enemy of job creation in residential construction or otherwise, and it is them.

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Unemployment Rate Rose In Majority of States For Third Straight Month

AP | DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: US Unemployment, Video, Jobless Rate, Poverty, Unemployment Rate, US Poverty, Department of Labor, Business News, Joblessness, New-York-State-Unemployment-Rate, Business News

WASHINGTON — Unemployment rates rose in a majority of states in August for a third straight month, further evidence that the depressed job marke...

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Ten Years Later, Let's Pay It Forward

Sec. Hilda Solis | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: 9/11, 9/11 First Responders, Decade After 9/11 - Remembering, Secretary Solis, Department of Labor, September 11 Anniversary, September 11 EMT, September 11, September 11 Pentagon, September 11 Firefighters, Politics News

On this weekend's solemn anniversary, we honor the sacrifices of our first responders who ran into burning buildings while others ran out. The selflessness of our firefighters, police, EMTs and hazmat workers who were first on the scene inspired the world.

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For Blacks, Too Little Work to Go Around This Labor Day

C. Nicole Mason | Posted 11.04.2011

Read More: Racial and Ethnic Minority, Congress, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Blacks Unemployment Rate, Obama Economy Speech, Latinos, Labor Day, Department of Labor, Unemployment Rate. Blacks, Black Unemployment, Politics News

As Americans take a day of rest to mark the nation's commitment to a hard day's work, blacks and other racial minorities wonder if they will ever get back on the job.

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Hiring Unpaid Interns: 5 Things You Need To Know

The Huffington Post/AOL Small Business | Charlotte Jensen | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: 5 Things You Need to Know, Unpaid Interns, Hiring Unpaid Interns, Internships, Hiring Interns, Department of Labor, Hr, Human Resources, Unpaid Internships, Interns, Management, Small Business News

Interns can be a great resource for a small company -- they're cheap, they're motivated and they bring a young perspective. And sometimes they even wo...

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