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U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer toured West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee energy facilities, emphasizing workplace safety and workforce development while highlighting Trump administration apprenticeship goals and coal industry policies.
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NLRB dismisses union election petition at SolarMovil's Guayama solar farm, finding the temporary construction project 82% complete with definite January 2026 termination, making an election serve no useful purpose under the "imminent cessation" doctrine.
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DOL extends state compliance deadline by one year to January 21, 2027, for merit staffing requirements in Employment Service job centers as deregulatory rulemaking continues that may eliminate the mandate entirely.
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Department of Labor announces $23M in grants to help homeless and at-risk veterans through employment training, apprenticeships, and job placement services as veteran homelessness reaches historic lows.
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NLRB allows decertification vote for 227 Florida drivers despite new union contract, ruling the agreement wasn't executed until after petition was filed. Election scheduled for February 2026 hinges on contract effective date.
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Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer completed visits to North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, and Nebraska as part of her 50-state "America at Work" listening tour, focusing on apprenticeship programs and vocational training alternatives to four-year degrees.
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Federal court orders North Central Health Care to pay 68 case managers $162,486 in back wages and damages after DOL investigation found systematic off-the-clock work and refused overtime approval from 2021-2023.
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DOL's Employee Benefits Security Administration overhauled enforcement priorities for 2026, elevating cybersecurity and mental health access while dropping ESOPs and reducing missing participant focus.
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Indiana electric co-op notification specialists ruled non-supervisory and included in IBEW bargaining unit. Regional Director found they lack supervisory authority despite sometimes acting as superintendents.
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NLRB Administrative Law Judge finds REI violated federal labor law by terminating 11-year employee and union organizer over timecard discrepancies involving 2-3 minute variations—conduct the judge found was widespread among workers but selectively enforced
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Federal court ordered Ohio engineering firm to pay $45,699 to employee retirement accounts after withholding contributions from paychecks but failing to deposit them into the 401(k) plan—a violation of ERISA.
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OSHA and Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture partner to ensure worker safety during construction of Manchester's $360 million Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel—the city's largest public works project aimed at reducing sewer overflows into the Merrimack River.