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A Democrat, Bartolomeo was a member of the Connecticut Senate from 2013 to 2017, representing the 13th district. Prior to this, she was a member of the Meriden City Council from 2008 to 2012. After leaving office, she was appointed to serve as deputy commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Labor in 2019.
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 elaws (Employment Laws Assistance for Workers and Small Businesses) Advisors are a set of interactive, online tools developed by the U.S. Department of Labor to help employers and employees learn more about their rights and responsibilities under numerous Federal employment laws. They address some of the nation's most widely applicable ...
Unemployment insurance is funded by both federal and state payroll taxes. In most states, employers pay state and federal unemployment taxes if: (1) they paid wages to employees totaling $1,500 or more in any quarter of a calendar year, or (2) they had at least one employee during any day of a week for 20 or more weeks in a calendar year, regardless of whether those weeks were consecutive.
These services are primarily provided through state and local workforce development systems. President Joe Biden nominated labor lawyer and Florida politician José Javier Rodríguez for the position of Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, the agency's leader, on June 2, 2021; he was confirmed by the Senate on March 21, 2024.
The Wage and Hour Division was created with the enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938. The Division is responsible for the administration and enforcement of a wide range of laws which collectively cover virtually all private and State and local government employment.
Under the United States Department of Labor is an Office of Disability Employment Policy. This office has created the Disability Employment Initiative (DEI) which aims to improve education, training and employment opportunities and outcomes for youth and adults with disabilities who are unemployed, underemployed and/or receiving Social Security ...
Assistant Secretary of Labor (Occupational Safety and Health) Vacant Assistant Secretary of Labor (Policy) Vacant Assistant Secretary of Labor (Veterans' Employment and Training) John Lowry III [9] January 6, 2020 (Confirmed November 21, 2019, voice vote) Assistant Secretary of Labor (Administration and Management) G. Bryan Slater [10] October 2017