U.S. DOL Certifies Approximately 8,600 Workers in 17 States as Eligible to Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance

Workers facing layoffs or reduced hours due to direct foreign competition may receive Trade Adjustment Assistance to help prepare them for new jobs in emerging sectors. Includes chart of effected workplaces

US DOL Awards $6.4 M in Grants to Support International Worker Rights

Announces the allocation of grant funds from the US DOL to implement projects promoting adherence to international core labor standards, support the rights of workers, and study topics related to international labor standards in Haiti, Lesotho, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

US DOL Announces Grant Exceeding $553,000 to Assist Workers affected By Layoffs From Textile Manufacturing Industry in Maine

One hundred workers laid off from West Point in Biddeford, ME will receive assistance in retraining and re-employment services in effort to help them fill new high-growth, high-demand sectors

US DOL 2008 finding on the Worst Forms of Child Labor

This report contains profiles of 122 independent countries and a summary report on 19 non-independent countries and territories. Information in the profiles covers the period March 2008-February 2009. Each country profile contains a table and three text sections that cover 1) the incidence and nature of child labor. 2) child labor laws and enforcement, and 3) current government policies and programs to eliminate the worst forms of child labo

Faces of Change: Highlights of U.S. Department of Labor Efforts

This booklet presents in human terms the impact of US Department of Labor supported child labor initiatives

Syed Hasan v. US Department of Labor

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US Department of Labor Lists Cocoa, Cotton and Other Goods as Products Made by Forced, Child Labor

This document is part of a digital collection provided by the Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University, pertaining to the effects of globalization on the workplace worldwide. Special emphasis is placed on labor rights, working conditions, labor market changes, and union organizing.ILRF_US_Department_of_Labor_Lists_Cocoa__Cotton_and_Other_Goods_as_Products_Made_by_Forced__Child_Labor.pdf: 61 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020

Through the Eye of a Needle: The Challenge of Providing Employment Services in New York's Chinatown Post September 11th

Prepared for the US Department of Labor, this P/PV report evaluates the effectiveness of the National Emergency Grant (NEG) money awarded to organizations in Chinatown in the wake of September 11th. Through interviews with program staff and key informants, P/PV examines the outcomes achieved by individual grantees, assesses the effect of the NEG on overall service provision and provides recommendations about how the Chinatown NEG could be adjusted to respond to similar situations in the future

“Automation” of manufacturing in the late nineteenth century: the hand and machine labor study

Recent advances in artificial intelligence and robotics have generated a robust debate about the future of work. An analogous debate occurred in the late nineteenth century when mechanization first transformed manufacturing. We analyze an extraordinary dataset from the late nineteenth century, the Hand and Machine Labor study carried out by the US Department of Labor in the mid-1890s. We focus on transitions at the task level from hand to machine production, and on the impact of inanimate power, especially of steam power, on labor productivity. Our analysis sheds light on the ability of modern task-based models to account for the effects of historical mechanization.Published versio

What Works? How Federal Contractors are Implementing Section 503: Executive Summary

This survey is part of a larger project entitled “Initial Impact of Section 503 Rules: Identifying Effective Employer Practices and Trends in Disability Violations among Federal Contractors” funded by the US Department of Labor, Chief Evaluation Office. The overall goal of this proposed project is to understand the initial impact of these regulations on employer practices and consequently on the employment environment for individuals with disabilities. The purpose of the survey summarized in this report is to build an understanding of contractor disability inclusive policy/practice in initially responding to Section 503 regulations. The survey is titled: What Works? How Federal Contractors Are Implementing Section 503, and is referred to as Section 503 Survey in this report