united states department of labor

Truthout · 2d

Trump-Appointed Labor Secretary Halts Anti-Discrimination Enforcement

The Trump administration continues to reverse decades of civil rights and equity work,” a legislative researcher said.

USA TODAY on MSN · 18h

Donald Trump hobbles anti-discrimination, labor boards with unprecedented Democrat-firing

The unprecedented moves leave the agencies unable to conduct even routine business and are likely to spur legal challenges.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Trump Hobbles US Anti-Discrimination Agency by Firing Democrats

U.S. President Donald Trump has fired at least two Democratic members of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which enforces federal laws banning workplace discrimination, in an unprecedented move likely to spur legal challenges.

Reuters · 1d

Trump paralyzes US labor board by firing Democratic member

U.S. President Donald Trump has fired two Democratic officials at the National Labor Relations Board, a major shakeup that will bring hundreds of cases accusing companies of unlawful labor practices to a standstill and paves the way for Republican control of the agency.

JD Supra6d

Federal Court Decision Strikes Down the Department of Labor’s Increase in Salary Thresholds for Exempt Employees

On November 15, 2024, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, in State of Texas v. Plano Chamber ...

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Study: Wisconsin one of the best states in the nation with unemployment decreases

In a new study from WalletHub, each of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia were ranked based on unemployment ...

The Associated Press on MSN12d

Child labor in slaughterhouses spotlighted by 3 settlements this week

JSB and Perdue Farms agreed to settlements of $4 million each, while QSA, which employed 54 children, will pay $400,000.

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Meatpacking giants to pay $8 million for child labor violations

JBS USA and Perdue Farms will each pay $4 million for employing children through third-party staffing agencies, officials announced this week.

Twin Cities Business1d

Minnesota Farmers Could Be in the Crosshairs of Trump’s Immigrant Crackdown

Minnesota farms employ both undocumented migrants and foreign-born workers who are in the United States on a provisional or ...

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Meatpacking Companies to Pay $8 Million for U.S. Child Labor Violations

Perdue Farms and JBS have settled with the Labor Department after relying on migrant children to do dangerous work in their ...

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Perdue agrees to pay $4 million for child labor violations at Accomac plant

The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into an agreement with Perdue Farms Inc. to address child labor violations at its ...

Recycling Today1d

NWRA, SWANA issue joint response to Bureau of Labor Statistics fatality data

Organizations call for accurate reporting and improved safety initiatives in response to increased fatality rate for refuse ...

ConsumerAffairs12d

JBS USA Food agrees to help the Labor Department crack down on child labor

JBS USA Food Co., one of the nation's largest meatpacking processors and slaughterhouses, has agreed to a joint initiative ...

Sourcing Journal on MSN13d

U.S. Sanctions Huafu Fashion in ‘Largest Ever’ Expansion of Forced Labor Blacklist

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., and Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, got into a heated exchange at a House hearing Tuesday that ...

coloradopolitics3d

Western Slope farmers fear impact of mass deportations and labor market changes

Pena argues that shocks to the labor market from mass deportations, the pressures of tariffs on incoming foodstuffs, the ...

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Suppressing unions to favor big business is not popular or populist. is Trump going to far? Union approval is at an all time ...

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