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U.S. Department of Labor Graphic Communication Standards Manual, 1974.

Designer: John Massey

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Let's take a moment on this Workers' Day to recognize the important role that workers play in shaping our society and economy. Your labor makes a difference, and we appreciate all that you do. Keep up the great work

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You Are Sponsoring a Foreign National Employee for Permanent Residency, Can You Clawback Some of the Fees?

Companies usually hire a foreign national who requires visa sponsorship because they cannot find a U.S. worker with those skill sets, which is frequently in the STEM fields. However, visa sponsorship comes with significant costs to the employer. Employers may be able to recover a portion of the immigration sponsorship fees by implementing what are called “clawback” provisions into their…

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Farm to Win "Over There" by Library Company of Philadelphia Via Flickr: World War I-era poster places the image of a boy plowing over a battle in the background to recruit young men to join the U.S. Boys' Working Reserve, "the army behind the army." Published by the U.S. Department of Labor; artist: Adolph Treidler, ca. 1917-1919. Accession Number: P.2284.239 Click here to view the record of this poster on ImPAC, the Library Company's digital collections catalog.

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US Department of Labor recovers $555K for more than 2,500 Intuit employees after software provider’s recordkeeping errors denied overtime wages

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Wisconsin restaurant owner owes more than $270K in employee back pay, violated child labor laws

The owner of four Wisconsin restaurants allegedly shortchanged more than 100 employees more than $272,000 in wages and violated several federal regulations, including child labor laws, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.  

By Corrinne Hess | WPR The owner of four Wisconsin restaurants allegedly shortchanged more than 100 employees more than $272,000 in wages and violated several federal regulations, including child labor laws, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.   “Violations like those found in our investigation of Casa Tequila are all-too-common in the food service industry,” Kristin Tout, wage and hour…

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US job openings fell slightly in November yet still high

US job openings fell slightly in November yet still high

WASHINGTON — U.S. job openings slipped in November but remained high suggesting businesses remain determined to add workers, a blow to the Federal Reserve’s efforts to cool hiring and wage gains. There were 10.46 million job vacancies on the last day of November, down slightly from 10.51 million in October, the Labor Department said Wednesday. That’s down from a peak of 11.9 million in March. Yet…

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Los Angeles-based garment supplier Justar Fashion failed to pay its workers minimum wage and overtime, sometimes paying them on a piece-rate basis instead, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division said last week.

The company will pay $145,290 in back wages for 32 employees, per the department’s notice. An email to Justar Fashion bounced back; there was no answer at a phone number listed for Justar, which was unable to take messages.

Justar’s clients include Stitch Fix, Indigo and Evereve, per the federal agency. However, Stitch Fix in an email said that “Justar Fashion doesn’t produce apparel for Stitch Fix,” and that the e-retailer has asked the Labor Department for a correction. Indigo and Evereve didn’t return a request for comment. A Labor Department spokesperson didn’t immediately return a request for more information regarding Stitch Fix’s relationship to Justar.

Dive Insight:

The trouble at Justar shows that “made in America” doesn’t necessarily mean that garment workers are treated fairly. More than 45,000 workers, mostly Latino and Asian immigrants, cut and sew clothing in Los Angeles, according to the Garment Worker Center, an advocacy group.

Los Angeles has become the epicenter of the U.S. garment industry, and the latest finding from the Labor Department is just one in a long string of abuses cited by the agency. In 2015, the Garment Worker Center released a report detailing rodent and cockroach-infested facilities, inadequate plumbing and unclean bathrooms, and poor housing conditions.

Federal labor law protects all workers in the U.S. regardless of where they’re from, according to Rafael Valles, an assistant district director in California for the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour division.

“The U.S. Department of Labor is committed to making sure garment industry workers receive all of the wages they have earned, including overtime,” Valles said in a statement last week, adding that any worker should contact the office with questions about their wages and hours.

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Here's where the jobs are for November 2022 — in one chart

Here’s where the jobs are for November 2022 — in one chart

The U.S. job market beat expectations again in November, adding 263,000 payrolls led by the service sector. Leisure and hospitality was the top category for job gains, according to a report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, adding 88,000 jobs. Roughly 62,000 of those jobs were in food and drink services, the report said. Health care and social assistance was the second-biggest category…

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New DOL Salary Threshold for Most White-Collar Exemptions Is Now in Effect

Update July 1, 2024: The U.S. Department of Labor’s new rule on the required salary threshold for employees to qualify as exempt from overtime is now in effect as of July 1, 2024. Although the federal district court for the Eastern District of Texas issued an injunction blocking enforcement of the new rule against the State of Texas as an employer on Friday, June 28, 2024, that injunction does…