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Fulfilling a Promise to Our Nation’s Miners Editor's note: This post was originally published as an op-ed in The Patriot-News. Read the original on PennLive.com.Kevin and his daughterKevin Weikle, a 34-year-old coal miner…
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How the FLSA Protected Poleth Ojeda Poleth OjedaWhen Poleth Ojeda started as an administrative professional at RMS Installs, a Georgia company that helps customers control their home with an app and smart technologies, she…
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5 Ways Construction Employers Can Create Safer Workplaces for Women More than 390,000 women work in construction and extraction occupations, an 11% increase since 2017. More women are attracted to the high-paying, high-quality…
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Celebrating Earth Month: The Outlook for Green Jobs If you’re interested in a career that helps the environment, here are some occupations that the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects will grow rapidly from 2022 to 2032. Wind…
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New Dashboards Offer Insight on State Workforce Services Each year, our Employment and Training Administration provides oversight for programs authorized through theWorkforce Innovation and Opportunity Act(WIOA) to help…
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What the New Overtime Rule Means for Workers One of the basic principles of the American workplace is that a hard day’s work deserves a fair day’s pay. Simply put, every worker’s time has value. A cornerstone of that promise is…
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A New Rule to Improve Protections for Farmworkers Farmworkers are vital to our nation’s food supply and communities but are often among America’s most vulnerable to workplace abuses. The H-2A temporary agricultural employment…
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Fighting for Fairness: Domestic Workers and the Fair Labor Standards Act Left: Ella Watson, FSA cleaning woman (1942). Bottom right: Margaret Hinchey and Laundry Workers Union members (1914). Upper right: SEIU workers (2021).In…
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Empowering Women in the Trades The Biden-Harris administration’s Investing in American agenda is impacting communities across the country, from Pittsburgh to Las Vegas, San Francisco to Charlotte, Eugene to Lansing.In…
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Find Your Place in Space Space exploration impacts industries across the globe, including healthcare, agriculture, telecommunications and climate management. Astronauts may be the best-known space workers, but they hold few of…
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