Newsletter Photos February 19, 2015
11.4 million signed up as of Feb. 15 for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor Christopher P. Lu, at right, addresses the National Association of State Workforce Agencies' 2015 Winter Policy Forum in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 19. Listening, from left, are: Curt Eysink, executive director of the Louisiana Workforce Commission; Renee Olson, administrator of the Nevada Department Employment Training and Rehabilitation; and Mark Henry, executive director of the Mississippi Department of Employment Security.
Wage and Hour Division Administrator Dr. David Weil delivers the keynote address at Harvard University Law School's John T. Dunlop Memorial Forum in Cambridge, Mass., on Feb.12. (Photo courtesy Elaine Bernard, Ph.D., Executive Director, Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School)
OSHA Senior Policy Advisor Deborah Berkowitz addresses participants in the Feb. 18 Susan Harwood Trainer Exchange Program. OSHA Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor Jordan Barab, center, and OSHA Director of Directorate of Training and Education Henry Payne listen.
Wage and Hour Division staff participate in a labor law compliance discussion held by the Farm Labor Practices Group in Raleigh, N.C., on Feb 19. From left, Wayne Kotowski, southeast regional administrator; Dr. David Weil, administrator of the Wage and Hour Division; Bridget Dutton, community outreach and resource planning specialist; Rick Blaylock, Raleigh, N.C., district director.
The New York City Employment and Training Coalition hosted a listening session for the President's Task Force on New Americans with Ben Seigel, center, from the Department's Employment and Training Administration. Hosted in the historic Henry Street Settlement dining room, represented organizations included: LaGuardia Community College, WES Global, IMPRINT, Asian Americans For Equality (AAFE), Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow (OBT), the City University of New York (CUNY), Henry Street Settlement, The HOPE Program, Per Scholas, Goodwill, and Upwardly Global.
Wage and Hour Division Investigator Joseph Diaz presents FLSA information in Spanish to restaurant employers in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Restaurant employers requested the training following investigations of their businesses by the division. In fiscal year 2014, the Wage and Hour Division's Little Rock District Office found wage violations in 63 restaurant investigations in northwest Arkansas.
Signing an alliance to educate immigrant workers on workplace safety and health are, from left to right, Bonita Winingham, Occupational Safety and Health Administration area director in Omaha; Darcy Tromanhauser, director, Immigrants & Communities Program; and Gloria Sarmiento, Educator/Organizer Immigrants and Communities for the Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest.
Matthew Parker