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DOL estimates that the change would result in higher wages for 3.6 million workers. “For over 80 years, a cornerstone of workers’ rights in this country is the right to a 40-hour workweek, the promise that you get to go home after 40 hours or you get higher pay for each extra hour that you spend laboring away from your loved ones,” acting Labor Secretary Julie Su said in a release. “Workers

HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - The Connecticut Labor Department reported an increase in unemployment benefits due to identity theft. Commissioner Danté Bartolomeo warned Connecticut residents and employers about it on Thursday. Bartolomeo said Connecticut is among states being targeted by criminals who are flooding the unemployment system using stolen identities to file for benefits. She said during

LEXINGTON, Miss. (WJTV) – Officials with the Justice Department announced they have opened a civil pattern or practice investigation into the City of Lexington, Mississippi, and the Lexington Police Department (LPD). According to officials, the investigation will seek to determine whether there are systemic violations of the Constitution and federal law. They said the focus will be on the

President Biden’s nominee to serve as assistant secretary of the Labor Department, Jose Javier Rodriguez, stalled in the Senate Tuesday after Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) and Bob Menendez (N.J.) voted with Republicans to block him from advancing.  

An aide to Manchin said the West Virginia Democrat had concerns about Rodriguez’s “political activism and lack of experience.”