Sentences with phrase «said labor secretary»

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Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez says he traveled to Silicon Valley to try to update how the government tracks the workforce.

«We are pleased that Amazon is joining the remarkable group of forward - looking organizations that are pursuing innovations in apprenticeship for the 21st century,» said the Obama administration's Deputy U.S. Secretary of Labor, Chris Lu, in a press release.

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said the program will «level the playing field for law - abiding employers and ensure that employees receive the protections to which they are entitled under federal and state law.»

Legal experts say the Labor Department likely will have to undertake a formal rulemaking process in order to delay the rule's implementation — a process that can not happen overnight, and that may be further delayed by the lack of a permanent Labor Secretary.

Ultimately, Puzder's critics say that he is unfit to be Secretary of Labor because he has prioritized CKE Restaurant's profits over workers» well - being.

«We are excited that Andy Puzder will serve as our nation's next Secretary of Labor,» Dawn Sweeney, the National Restaurant Association's president and CEO, said in a statement.

«Americans are sick and tired of the playing field not being level,» Tom Perez, U.S. Labor Secretary, said last Friday.

Even so, «the fact of the matter is that in today's job market there are only two tracks — the fast track and the slow track,» says Robert Reich, former Labor Secretary and the author of a new book called Super-capitalism.

The U.S. Labor Department will implement its fiduciary rule on June 9 with no further delays, U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said on Tuesday.

«Boeing and Airbus are catching up with the rest of manufacturing,» said Robert Reich, a professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley and former labor secretary in the Clinton Administration.

Phyllis Borzi, assistant secretary of Labor for DOL's Employee Benefits Security Administration, said in a recent interview that DOL has been getting feedback on areas in the rule that need tweaking.

«This is really part of a broader conversation across America about what a 21st - century social compact should look like,» Thomas E. Perez, the labor secretary, said in an interview.

Labor Secretary Thomas Perez said Friday that the Department of Labor «has worked very closely» with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the redraft of its rule to amend the definition of fiduciary on retirement accounts.

At the same time was the release of a 16 - page FAQ, which includes 30 questions and answers that Phyllis Borzi, assistant secretary of Labor for the Employee Benefits Security Administration, said are meant to answer questions «especially for workers and retirement investors.»

Following release of the final memorandum on Friday, acting Labor Secretary Ed Hugler, in a statement, said, «The Department of Labor will now consider its legal options to delay the applicability date as we comply with the president's memorandum.»

One big concern: Giving investors the right to sue could have «a chilling effect on people giving advice,» says Ann Combs, head of government relations at Vanguard Group and a former assistant secretary of labor under Pres. George W. Bush.

«I applaud Commissioner Kaufman, Assistant Attorney General Tom Lawrie and their entire staff for their willingness to take prompt and aggressive action in a complex case involving multiple parties, tribal immunity and related issues,» said Maryland Secretary of Labor Leonard J. Howie III in a statement.

In those cases the court deferred to the judgment of the Air Force that the free - exercise claim of a Jewish officer who wore his yarmulke on duty could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of correctional authorities that the free - exercise claim of a Black Muslim to attend Friday afternoon religious services could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service that building a logging road through a national forest was necessary despite the damage to religious practices of Native American tribes in that area; it deferred to the Internal Revenue Service's ruling that Bob Jones University was not entitled to tax exemption because of its religiously motivated rule against interracial dating and marriage on campus; it deferred to the judgment of the secretary of labor that a religious community must pay its members the minimum wage for work they performed in the group's business although the members said they had religious objections to being paid for their work.

A Labor government could help the NHS by conferring a predetermined extent of national riches to subsidize it and setting up another free body to guarantee pastors give it the cash it needs, the shadow wellbeing secretary has said.

If confirmed, we will hold Mr. Acosta accountable as labor secretary and do whatever it takes to make sure that our voices are heard loud and clear in Washington,» said Aiesha Meadows McLaurin, a Burger King worker, in a statement released by the Fight For $ 15 group.

He understands why this is such an important election and he took time out to come here today, to talk to not only people he knows, but others to say I as the Labor Secretary, someone who's there defending workers rights, knows that Hillary Clinton is the right person to be the President,» Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said.

«To have the Labor Secretary campaigning for her in his unofficial capacity, talking about his experience with her, talking about the work that needs to be done to provide hope and opportunity for working people across this country is a huge boost to her campaign,» said Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown.

«And then he said that, because he was losing ground to the establishment who wanted former Secretary of Labor Perez to be the chair, he said, well he would quit his seat, won't be a part - time chair, starts backing off on Israel - Palestine issue,» Nader continued.

Labor's national secretary says internal leaks and Mark Latham's appearance were largely responsible for the party's poor election campaign.

«A few weeks ago, Secretary of Labor and Buffalo born and raised, Tom Perez was at Bennett High School where he spoke eloquently about the contributions of people with disabilities to our country,» said Kevin Horrigan, Associate Vice President of Public Affairs, People Inc..

«We're waiting anxiously,» said Jeff Stark, secretary - treasurer of the Capital District Area Labor Federation, in an interview earlier this week.

«There is still a fair and there is still an unfair in society,» Mr. Cuomo said at the rally, at which he was joined by Thomas E. Perez, the United States secretary of labor.

«You shouldn't have to have to struggle to feed your family,» said U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Pérez.

But they had plenty to say afterward, as did the newly elected Democratic national chairman, Snyder native and Obama administration Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez, who tweeted five times during the speech.

Verizon Communications and unions representing nearly 40,000 wireline workers have reached a tentative deal to end a strike that has stretched for more than month, U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez said.

No matter who wins, the next Democratic chairman will face a daunting task, said Buffalo Mayor and state Democratic Chairman Byron Brown, who is leaning toward backing former U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez, a Buffalo native.

After receiving an endorsement from what some consider New York's most powerful labor group, SEIU Local 1199, and and immigrants» rights group, the former secretary of state said this office would build on what President Barack Obama has done with immigration.

«I'm a real fan of our secretary of labor,» Ms. Mark - Viverito said at the podium.

If Clinton picks Labor Secretary — and WNY native — Thomas E. Perez as her running mate, his friends and supporters say it will be because he earned it.

Last June, at a Summit on Working Families in Washington, D.C., Perez, the labor secretary, said states could apply for grants from a $ 500,000 fund, to help government officials study the costs associated with paid family leave.

Tyler said that DNC Chairman Tom Perez, as former labor secretary under President Obama, «fought for these values day in and day out for years.»

«No matter how you cut it, there is no worse pick for labor secretary than Andrew Puzder, and I'm encouraged my Republican colleagues are starting to agree,» the New York Democrat said.

Enforcement had been scheduled to begin Oct. 15, but Secretary of Labor William Brock delayed it at the request of the Congress, which is considering legislation that would exempt state and local government workers, including school employees, from the more costly provisions of the act, said Herbert Cohen,...

Secretary of Labor Elizabeth H. Dole said last week that the Bush Administration is considering ways to make it easier for workers to transfer pension benefits when they change employment.

But the president fell short of the ambitious goals he set in the 1992 campaign, his former secretary of labor says in a new memoir.

Other sources say it was Matthew Macguire, a machinist and secretary for the Central Labor Union in New York.

Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander, who leads the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, said in a statement that «Secretary Duncan's recommendations are welcome.»

«We just took a big old checkbook with a $ 5 billion total behind it and handed it to the secretary and said, «Write a whole bunch of checks,»» said Rep. John Kline (Minn.), the top Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee.

«Collaboration is such a friendly - sounding word,» U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said in opening remarks of the Advancing Student Achievement Through Labor - Management Collaboration conference.

«When Secretary [Betsy] DeVos's own Department's independent research office tells her that siphoning taxpayer dollars into private schools has a negative impact on students, it's time for her to finally abandon her reckless plans to privatize public schools across the country,» Democratic Senator Patty Murray, the ranking member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee, said in a statement.

«Commercial vehicle drivers who report injuries, hazards and illegal work practices should not fear retaliation for speaking out about unsafe work conditions,» said Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Dr. David Michaels.

Newly elected DNC Chair Thomas Perez — shown here in June 2016 as the secretary of the Labor Department under President Obama — says Democrats need a «50 - state strategy» to defeat Republicans at all levels of government.

He served as the spokesman for the Labor Department's Mine Safety and Health Administration under Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush and joined the Energy Department during the Clinton Administration, where he says he was affectionately known as Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary's «coal hack.»

You've likely heard about the basics of said budget, which former US Labor Secretary Robert Reich described as «reeking of Social Darwinism.»

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), www.bls.gov, states that the overall occupation of secretaries and administrative assistants is projected to grow more slowly than the average occupation through the year 2014; with that said, the BLS notes that a few niche areas - including the healthcare industry - can expect average job growth.