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Happy Birthday, Dr. King A mural in Memphis, Tennessee. Source: Ilse Orsel, UnsplashOn Jan. 15 we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday to remember his enormous contribution to the struggle to advance the civil rights…
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8 Black Women Labor Leaders You Should Know En españolBlack women have been on the forefront of the fight for labor rights for decades, helping improve conditions for all of America’s workers. Historically excluded from many…
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A Wider Lens: 2023 Enforcement Results When I started as director of the Office of Labor-Management Standards almost three years ago, my vision for the agency included“xpanding the scope of our public reporting functions, to…
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Enforcement Report: Progress in Fiscal Year 2023 After a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found dozens of children employed in the hazardous work of cleaning meatpacking facilities, often in overnight shifts, the Office…
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Colorado’s paid leave program just launched. Here’s why that’s good for the state. Today marks the 31st anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), landmark federal legislation that provides eligible workers unpaid,…
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Getting Restitution into the Hands of Trafficking Victims  January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, a time to raise awareness and amplify collaborative efforts to end human trafficking across the nation and…
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5 Ways ARPA Investments are Modernizing the Unemployment Insurance System Unemployment insurance benefits supported over 53 million workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, reducing the impacts of job loss, returning an estimated…
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Employee or Independent Contractor? A Guide to the New Rule The Wage and Hour Divisionis committed to protecting employees’ rights across America. To do so effectively, we must help businesses and workers understand how to…
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I am DOL: Verlencia Somuah Serves Workers With Disabilities In our “I Am DOL” series, we’re highlighting employees who work in a wide range of roles at the Department of Labor but who all share a passion for public…
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Thank Your Mentor  Wherever you are in your career, think for a moment about someone who helped you along the way—perhaps a teacher, family friend or supervisor in an early job.    During National Mentoring Month each January,…
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