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The department was originally created in 1911 and called the Department of Commerce and Labor. It was tasked with overseeing labor laws and safety regulations. The passage of the Wagner-Peyser Act in 1935, which established a nationwide system of public employment offices, led to the creation of the Department of Labor in 1937. The state labor ...
According to U.S. Department of Labor data, businesses owe more than $100 million in back wages to U.S. workers. In Georgia, some part of $2,231,511.30 is owed to 7,131 workers.
All 50 states have labor commissioners. In four states – Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Oregon – labor commissioners are elected statewide. Oregon elects labor commissioners in nonpartisan elections, while the other three states have partisan elections. In the other 46 states, labor commissioners are nonpartisan and appointed.
Mississippi Association of Educators President Erica Jones, right, listens as acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Julie Su speaks with labor and community leaders in Jackson on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024.
J. Mark Butler (born July 21, 1970) is an American politician who served as the Georgia Labor Commissioner. He became the first Republican to hold the office with his election in 2010, in which Republicans won every statewide office in Georgia. [1] Prior to serving as Commissioner of Labor, Butler served in the Georgia House of Representatives.
Salaries at Mississippi State University are much lower than their peers. Members of a campus workers' labor union are hoping to get that changed. Labor union asks Mississippi State University to ...
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government.It is responsible for the administration of federal laws governing occupational safety and health, wage and hour standards, unemployment benefits, reemployment services, and occasionally, economic statistics.
The death of a 16-year-old in a Mississippi poultry plant earlier this month offered another reminder that children remain vulnerable to exploitation in the workplace in the United States, senior ...