Did you know charcoal is made with child or forced labor in a handful of countries? 🍖🇺🇸 Before you drizzle and sizzle this Independence Day, here’s a hot tip: Visit dol.gov/KnowYourGoods to be informed about the source of your goods. #KnowYourGoods
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We've approved up to $5 million in initial emergency grant funding to Florida to support disaster-relief jobs and training services in 31 counties to help respond to Hurricane Helene. On Sept. 26, 2024, Hurricane Helene made landfall as a Category 4 storm at Dekle Beach in Taylor County as the strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in the state’s Big Bend area. The third hurricane to hit the area in about 13 months, Helene was a deadly storm that brought catastrophic flooding and damaging winds to homes, businesses, other structures and public lands in the northwest part of the Florida Peninsula. Many areas along the Gulf Coast previously affected by hurricanes Idalia and Debby experienced storm surges and flooding with Helene. The Federal Emergency Management Agency issued an emergency declaration on Sept. 24, 2024, and a major disaster declaration on Sept. 28, 2024, enabling the state to request federal assistance for recovery efforts in the following 31 counties: Alachua, Bay, Bradford, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, Columbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Gulf, Hamilton, Hernando, Hillsborough, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lee, Leon, Levy, Madison, Manatee, Marion, Monroe, Pasco, Pinellas, Sarasota, Suwannee, Taylor, Union and Wakulla. The National Dislocated Worker Grant – supported by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 – allows the Florida Department of Commerce to provide people with temporary disaster-relief jobs and the delivery of humanitarian assistance to address immediate, basic needs for those displaced by Hurricane Helene. The funding also enables the state to provide training and services to individuals in the affected communities. https://lnkd.in/edH8V5ef
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The Office of the Solicitor functions as the Labor Department’s law firm – and we enforce a lot of laws. That’s where Rob Robinson comes in as paralegal specialist. When workers’ rights are violated and companies don’t cooperate, he helps our attorneys make the best case possible. Learn more about his career and what it’s like working at the U.S. Department of Labor.
I am DOL: Rob Robinson pursues justice for workers
blog.dol.gov
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In the wake of natural disasters, employers must ensure they protect and maintain accurate records and pay workers when wages are due. Our natural disaster compliance assistance toolkit can help, with guidance on avoiding Fair Labor Standards Act violations like those related to minimum and overtime wages, misclassification of employees as independent contractors, recordkeeping requirements, prevailing wages and children labor. https://lnkd.in/e39fr2Z9
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The economy added 254,000 jobs in September, led by gains in food services and health care. Check out the highlights from the latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics #JobsReport: https://lnkd.in/e8aFakB
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The September #JobsReport showed 254,000 jobs added. Here’s what you should know: The September 2024 gains include... 🍕 Food services: +69K jobs 🏥 Health care: +45K jobs 💼 Government: +31K jobs 🫱🏽🫲🏻Social assistance: +27K jobs Read the report at https://lnkd.in/e8aFakB.
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We're committed to IT modernization and using taxpayer dollars efficiently. To that end, we're proud to have received an overall 'A' on the latest FITARA scorecard, a measure of federal IT strategy. Read more in the latest U.S. Department of Labor OCIO blog post ⬇️
A for modernization: Labor Department excels on IT scorecard
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Siemens Healthineers will pay $80K+ to resolve alleged gender-based discrimination against female employees at their Newark, NJ manufacturing facility. #OFCCP https://lnkd.in/em2_3a5e
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October is National Work and Family Month! At the U.S. Department of Labor, we’re dedicated to helping workers balance their home and work responsibilities. Check out these 5 essential resources for working families: https://lnkd.in/daz6kHiV #WorkAndFamilyMonth
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Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claim Initial claims were 225,000 for the week ending 9/28 (+6,000). Insured unemployment was 1,826,000 for the week ending 9/21 (-1,000). https://lnkd.in/gcGh-G4
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Safety applies with equal force to the individual,to the family,to the employer,to the state,the nation and to international affairs. Safety,in its widest sense, concerns the happiness,contentment and freedom of mankind.
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