Employment Standards Administration (ESA)

2004 NATIONAL PRESS RELEASES

• OSHA to Issue Final Rule on Standards Improvement Process [12/30/2004]

• U.S. Department of Labor Publishes Final Permanent Labor Certification Regulation [12/27/2004]

• Labor Department Awards Los Angeles Group Grant to Place More Veterans in Jobs Under the Workforce Investment Act [12/22/2004]

• Labor Department Awards Las Vegas Group Grant to Place More Veterans in Jobs Under the Workforce Investment Act [12/22/2004]

• U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Awards Over $2 Million To Assist Trade-Affected Workers in Michigan [12/21/2004]

• Labor Department Receives President’s Quality Awards for Strategic Management of Human Capital and Budget and Performance [12/21/2004]

• Statement of U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao on November State and Regional Unemployment Numbers [12/21/2004]

• Statement of U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao, Former Director of the Peace Corps and Former President of the United Way of America, on Bureau of Labor Statistics Survey on Volunteerism [12/17/2004]

• U.S. Labor Department Publishes Youth Employment Rules [12/17/2004]

• Department of Labor Announces Proposal for Online Process To Provide Wage Determinations [12/17/2004]

• MSHA Seeks to Hire Mine Inspectors in Missouri, Kansas [12/16/2004]

• MSHA Looking to Hire Mine Inspectors in Texas, New Mexico [12/16/2004]

• Department of Labor Announces Proposal for Online Process To Provide Wage Determinations [12/16/2004]

• U.S. Labor Department Publishes Youth Employment Rules. [12/16/2004]

• Tough Enforcement, Outreach Efforts Protect More Workers [11/17/2004]

• U.S. Department of Labor Assumes Responsibility For a New Energy Workers’ Compensation Program [11/01/2004]

• Wachovia Corporation Agrees to Pay $5.5 Million to Women for Compensation Discrimination [09/23/2004]

• New Overtime Security Rule Strengthens and Protects Workers’ Rights and Wages - Public Service Announcement [09/21/2004]

• Statement from the U.S. Department of Labor on the Overtime Security Rules Still In Effect [09/10/2004]

• Statement from the U.S. Department of Labor on the Obey Amendment to the FY 2005 Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill [09/09/2004]

• U.S. Department of Labor Continues Compliance Outreach Launches Additional New Tool for the Overtime Security Rule [09/03/2004]

• Janitorial Firm Pays $1.9 Million in Back Wages for Overtime: U.S. Department of Labor Reaches Agreement with Contractor for Target Stores [08/25/2004]

• Restoring Overtime Security for Millions of Working Americans: The Department of Labor’s New Overtime Security Rules in Effect Today [08/23/2004]; En Español

• U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao Addresses Fraternal Order of Police in Warren, Mich.: Labor Secretary Highlights Benefits of New Overtime Security Rule for First Responders [08/19/2004]

• U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao Addresses Fraternal Order of Police in Willoughby, Ohio: Labor Secretary Highlights Benefits of New Overtime Security Rule for First Responders [08/18/2004]

• U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao Addresses Fraternal Order of Police State Convention in Pittsburgh: Labor Secretary Underscores the Benefits of the New Overtime Security Rule for First Responders [08/10/2004]

• Labor Department Partners With American Mushroom Institute To Help Mushroom Growers Comply With Federal Law [07/15/2004]

• U.S. Department of Labor Administrative Review Board Reinstates Fine of $132,575 in a Massachusetts Case Involving Death of a 16-Year-Old [07/12/2004]

• DOL Officials Travel to Provide Compliance Assistance on the New Overtime Rules: This Week: Michigan, Texas, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania [06/14/2004]

• Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Announces Al Robinson as Acting Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division [06/02/2004]

• DOL Official Joins with FOP and SBA in Correcting Misinformation Campaign Regarding Police and Overtime Protection [05/04/2004]

• Wage & Hour Division Administrator Testifies: Harkin Amendment Will Put OT Protections at Risk for Millions [05/04/2004]

• U.S. Labor Secretary Testifies in Support of New Overtime Security Rules [04/28/2004]

• U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Announces New Enforcement Task Force [04/27/2004]

• U.S. Department of Labor Launches Nationwide YouthRules! Outreach Campaign [04/26/2004]

• Labor Department New White Collar Overtime Rules Published Today: New Rule available at the Federal Register [04/23/2004]

• “Workers Win” with Labor Department’s New Overtime Rules: FairPay Initiative Guarantees Overtime Rights for Millions of Workers [04/20/2004]

• U.S. Department of Labor Issues Final Rule Requiring Government Contractors to Post Union Members’ Rights [03/29/2004]

• 2005 Labor Budget Will Enhance Labor Law Enforcement, Protect Workforce Health and Security, Labor Officials Testify [02/26/2004]

• U.S. Department of Labor Honors Nine Organizations for Creating Opportunities in the Workplace [02/19/2004]

• OPA Press Release: Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao Testifies in Support of Proposal to Update Overtime Protections for White-Collar Workers [01/20/2004]