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E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, could change the currently dry-as-dust way that the agency presents America's jobs and inflation data.
Staffing for wage theft enforcement was already at a historic low before DOGE came along, according to a new analysis.
The changes likely won’t save huge sums of money but will help the Trump administration continue to signal it is cracking down on the federal workforce.
Mar-Jac Poultry, where a 16-year-old boy was killed last year, is again accused of violating federal labor laws with the alleged teenagers' hiring in Alabama.
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The children's responsibilities included cleaning kill equipment — head splitters, jaw pullers, bandsaws and neck clippers — the Labor Department said.
Regulators say Exclusive Poultry Inc. had kids as young as 14 working to debone chickens with sharp knives and "operate power-driven lifts to move pallets.”
The new numbers came as bi-partisan lawmakers ripped federal efforts to protect unaccompanied migrant children from illegal labor and abusive sponsors.
The confirmation of Julie Su, the president's pick to lead the Labor Department, is seriously imperiled after the Senate Democrat voiced his opposition.
The owners and operators of a California chain were ordered to pay workers $140,000 in back wages and damages.
Biden had been under pressure from the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and other Asian American and Pacific Islander advocates to select Su to head the department.