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  United States Secretary of Labor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United States Secretary of Labor is the head of the United States Department of Labor.
The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet.
Previously there was one Secretary of Commerce and Labor, uniting this department with the Department of Commerce, which is now headed by a separate Secretary of Commerce.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Labor   (88 words)

  
 LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES [FULL TEXT] - PHILIPPINE LABOR CIRCULAR ON-LINE
The Secretary of Labor shall have the power to restrict and regulate the recruitment and placement activities of all agencies within the coverage of this Title and is hereby authorized to issue orders and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the objectives and implement the provisions of this Title.
The Secretary of Labor or his duly authorized representatives may, at any time, inspect the premises, books of accounts and records of any person or entity covered by this Title, require it to submit reports regularly on prescribed forms, and act on violation of any provisions of this Title.
The Secretary shall order the search of the office or premises and seizure of documents, paraphernalia, properties and other implements used in illegal recruitment activities and the closure of companies, establishments and entities found to be engaged in the recruitment of workers for overseas employment, without having been licensed or authorized to do so.
www.chanrobles.com /legal4labor.html   (3489 words)

  
 Secretary of Labor v. Cantera Green
Second, the Secretary asserts that the judge "appeared to pick and choose" which of the criteria besides gravity and negligence were relevant for the purpose of justifying his lower penalty assessment.
The Secretary asserts that while the judge made general findings on four of the criteria in a footnote, there is no indication that the judge applied those findings in determining the appropriate penalty for each of the violations.
Finally, the Secretary argues that the judge assessed penalties which were inconsistent with the findings he did make since he assessed penalties in amounts lower than those proposed by the Secretary despite findings of high gravity and negligence.
www.msha.gov /SOLICITOR/FMSHRC/decision/00050616.htm   (4047 words)

  
 ABC News: Profile: Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao
Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao is one of six returning members of President Bush's first-term Cabinet.
Organized labor leaders and Democratic critics attack her on what they view as policies that are hostile to the common worker.
She served as deputy secretary of transportation under the first President Bush, the chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission and deputy maritime administrator in the Department of Transportation.
abcnews.go.com /Politics/Inauguration/story?id=122080&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312   (624 words)

  
 REASSIGNMENT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF LABOR WITHOUT SENATE RECONFIRMATION
Where the Secretary of Labor exercises statutory power to reassign the duties of a lawfully confirmed Assistant Secretary of Labor whose duties are not otherwise assigned by statute, reconfirmation of the Assistant Secretary is not legally required.
Under 29 U.S.C. [t]here are established in the Department of Labor nine offices of Assistant Secretary of Labor, which shall be filled by appointment by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Lewis is lawfully serving as a Senate confirmed Assistant Secretary of Labor, performing duties lawfully assigned to her by the Secretary under 29 U.S.C. Thus, no further action by the Senate is required for her to continue to serve as an Assistant Secretary of Labor.
biotech.law.lsu.edu /blaw/olc/dol.app.25.htm   (1197 words)

  
 U.S. Department of Labor: Office of the Secretary: About Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao
Secretary Chao also secured the first major update of union financial disclosure regulations in more than 40 years, which gives rank and file members better information on how their dues are spent.
Prior to her nomination as Secretary, she was a Distinguished Fellow at The Heritage Foundation, a Washington-based public policy research and educational institute.
Secretary Chao is married to the U.S. Senate Majority Whip, Senator Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky.
www.dol.gov /_sec/aboutosec/chao.htm   (666 words)

  
 ILW.COM - The Lawyer's Guide To 212(a)(5)(A): Labor Certification From 1952 To PERM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It is only when the DOL could think of nothing else that the agency took the labor certification regulations away from volume 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations, where they had until then resided, and moved them to volume 20, which remains their home to the present day.
If the Secretary of Labor declined to assume the burden of proof, he or she had better hope that the courts drew the same inference from the raw numbers as did the DOL.
If the Secretary could not get information from the states quickly enough that would be the factual basis for the discharge of his or her statutory responsibility, perhaps the employer could be compelled to do so as the price of certification.
www.ilw.com /lawyers/articles/2004,1102-endelman.shtm   (16856 words)

  
 IBP Inc. v. Secretary of Labor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
To address this problem, the Secretary of Labor began bringing enforcement actions against the employer responsible for a particular hazard, regardless of whether the employer's own employees were exposed to the danger.
The Secretary has repeatedly argued that subsection (a)(1) creates a general duty running only to an employer's own employees, while (a)(2) creates a specific duty to comply with standards for the good of all employees on a common work site--the employer's own as well as anyone else's--that could be endangered by a violation.
The Secretary's view has always been that because of the Act's broad ''remedial'' purpose, these references to the employment relationship were not intended to be restrictive or interpreted in the common law sense.
lw.bna.com /lw/19980616/971389.htm   (3384 words)

  
 Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao
Secretary Chao's compassionate nature stems from her own background as an immigrant to this country at the age of eight.
Secretary Chao's previous government career includes serving as the Deputy Secretary at the U.S. Department of Transportation, Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission, and Deputy Maritime Administrator in the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Secretary Chao is married to the Assistant Majority Leader of the United States Senate, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
www.usemb.se /cabbio/chao-bio.html   (562 words)

  
 Docket No. 1348   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Moreover, the interpretation sought by Labor and DOT accords with the rule that exemptions from humanitarian and   remedial legislation are to be narrowly construed.
While this section does not foreclose the authority of the Secretary of Labor in instances where another agency or department has statutory authority in the area of occupational safety and health, but has taken no action, it is anticipated that these instances will be extremely rare.
The Secretary of Labor was represented by Mrs.
www.oshrc.gov /decisions/html_1974/1348.html   (12157 words)

  
 EO 11246: Race-Neutral Affirmative Action
The Secretary of Labor may, when he/she deems that special circumstances in the national interest so require, exempt a contracting agency from the requirement of including any or all of the provisions of Section 202 of this Order in any specific contract, subcontract, or purchase order.
The Secretary of Labor, or any agency, officer, or employee in the executive branch of the Government designated by rule, regulation, or order of the Secretary, may hold such hearings, public or private, as the Secretary may deem advisable for compliance, enforcement, or educational purposes.
The Secretary of Labor shall be responsible for obtaining the compliance of such applicants with their undertakings under this Order.
www.adversity.net /Terms_Definitions/TERMS/Affirmative_Action_EO11246.htm   (2119 words)

  
 The Secretary of Labor Is the Enemy of Labor
The Secretary of Labor Is the Enemy of Labor
By law, Labor Secretary Elaine Chao is required "to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States." Given her record, American workers might want to make a symbolic citizens' arrest of the secretary for breaking the law.
She slashed funds for enforcing federal laws governing the workplace (including safety and labor standards), practically eliminating the department of international affairs - which fights against child labor and for higher labor standards in countries around the world.
www.commondreams.org /views04/0204-06.htm   (1021 words)

  
 Secretary of Labor v. Blue Circle, Inc.
On April 16, 1998, the Secretary of Labor and Blue Circle, Inc. (“Blue Circle”) filed a Joint Motion for Modification of Settlement Agreement with the Commission’s Office of Administrative Law Judges.
Counsel explain that on March 18, 1998, counsel for the Secretary received a telephone call from the assessment office at the Secretary of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) stating that the amount contained in the final settlement agreement was incorrect.
Upon review, Secretary’s counsel discovered that she had failed to include the settlement amount for CENT 97-158-M in her calculations, resulting in a $1771.00 shortfall in the final settlement amount.
www.msha.gov /SOLICITOR/FMSHRC/decision/98050475.htm   (679 words)

  
 Blossburg: William Bauchop Wilson: Secretary of Labor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
On March 4, 1913 the Department of Labor was created by an act of Congress and Wilson, as Chairman of the Committee on Labor, was instrumental in its passage.
The purpose of the Department of Labor shall be to foster, promote and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve their working conditions, and advance their opportunities for profitable employment.
With World War I, Wilson quickly made the Department of Labor an important piece of the administration by coordinating the movement of 6 million workers from non-essential to essential industries and then returned them once the war was over.
www.blossburg.org /wb_wilson/thestory_6.htm   (239 words)

  
 TruckingSolutions.com :: PETITION TO ABOLISH THE ARB :: LETTER TO SECRETARY OF LABOR ELAINE CHAO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
ARB was established by an arbitrary, capricious Secretary of Labor Order of Secretary Reich in 1996, apparently as a means of creating a board of "team player" political appointees to subvert whistleblower laws in favor of influential employers, particularly the Department of Energy, its contractors and other federal agencies.
ARB members have none of the experience or accountability of the Secretary of Labor, who is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, and who personally signed all decisions in whistleblower cases until June 1996.
The Secretary of Labor must be personally accountable for decisions affecting environmental, nuclear and transportation whistleblowers.
www.truckingsolutions.com /secoflabor.html   (608 words)

  
 Docket No. 33
Accordingly, it is ORDERED that the Secretary's citation for serious violation of the Act's requirements be and the same is hereby affirmed and that Respondent be assessed a civil penalty in the sum of $1000 for such violation.
Similarly, the Secretary's attempt to analogize his function under the Act and the functions of a prosecutor under criminal statutes fails to distinguish the marked difference between criminal and civil statutes.
Department of Labor statistics show that the penalty assessed against 95% of all employers who have received citations during the first two years of the Act's effectiveness has been the result of penalty proposals automatically becoming assessments because they were not contested.
www.oshrc.gov /decisions/html_1973/33.html   (10285 words)

  
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If, after such investigation, the Secretary determines that there is substantial evidence to support such allegation or belief thatsuch a recipient is failing to comply with such requirements, the Secretary shall, after due notice and opportunity for a hearing to such recipient, determine whether such allegation or belief is true.
V 1981) 816(b), which states that the Secretary of Labor "shall" issue a final determination within 120 days of the receipt of a complaint alleging the unlawful use of CETA funds by a grant recipient, bars the Secretary from recovering misused grant funds when he fails to issue a final determination within the 120-day period.
The Act authorizes the Secretary of Labor to conduct audits of CETA grant recipients "(i)n order to assure that funds provided under (the CETA) are used in accordance with its provisions" (29 U.S.C. (Supp.
www.usdoj.gov /osg/briefs/1985/sg850111.txt   (1475 words)

  
 Labor Notes - NAFTA Labor Black Hole   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Under the NAFTA labor agreement, it is not enough to find that violations have occurred; the government must be found to be negligent in enforcing its laws.
The U.S. Secretary of Labor is supposed to be consulting with her counterpart in Mexico to resolve the problems raised in the complaint.
In a letter to Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao on the Customtrim/Autotrim case, he and other members of Congress demand that she provide a detailed report of progress and, if no progress has been made, to advance the case to the next step in the process.
www.labornotes.org /archives/2002/07/f.html   (958 words)

  
 Georgia State University Library - Special Collections & Archives - Southern Labor Archives
Georgia State University’s Southern Labor Archives, established in 1971, is dedicated to collecting, preserving and making available the documentary heritage of Southern workers and their unions, as well as that of workers and unions having an historic relationship to the region.
The largest accumulation of labor records in the Southeast, the Archives holdings include organizational records, pamphlets, periodicals, photographs, personal papers of labor leaders, oral histories, collective bargaining agreements, constitutions and bylaws, and convention proceedings from 1888 to the present.
Significantly, the Southern Labor Archives is also the official repository of the papers of former U.S. Secretary of Labor W.
www.library.gsu.edu /spcoll/labor   (295 words)

  
 Frances Perkins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The main objective of the act was to eliminate "labor conditions detrimental to the maintenance of the minimum standards of living necessary for health, efficiency and well-being of workers".
The Fair Labor Standards Act also prohibited child labour in all industries engaged in producing goods in inter-state commerce and placed a limitation of the labor of boys and girls between 16 and 18 years of age in hazardous occupations.
Perkins remained as Secretary of Labor until the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USARperkins.htm   (1308 words)

  
 Gov.ph Home - Labor & Welfare - Labor Code of the Philippines
- All applicants for license or authority shall post such cash and surety bonds as determined by the Secretary of Labor to guarantee compliance with prescribed recruitment procedures, rules and regulations, and terms and conditions of employment as may be appropriate.
- The Secretary of Labor shall have the power to restrict and regulate the recruitment and placement activities of all agencies within the coverage of this Title and is hereby authorized to issue orders and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the objectives and implement the provisions of this Title.
- The Secretary of Labor or his duly authorized representatives may, at any time, inspect the premises, books of accounts and records of any person or entity covered by this Title, require it to submit reports regularly on prescribed forms, and act on violation of any provisions of this Title.
www.gov.ph /cat_labor/labcode.asp   (2771 words)

  
 Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum - Marian Anderson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
On March 5, 1933, Francis Perkins became the first woman cabinet member when she was sworn in as secretary of Labor.
Traditionally, the Secretary of Labor was a "labor leader" which Ms.
As Secretary of Labor, Francis Perkins played a critical role in the creation of the National Recovery Administration, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the Social Security Act and was dedicated to implementing new legislation to promote the welfare of all workers.
www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu:8000 /tmirhmre.html   (215 words)

  
 Press Release 2004/1/30 - Gov. Blanco re-appoints Alesia Wilkins as Deputy Secretary of Labor - Louisiana WORKS.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Blanco re-appoints Alesia Wilkins as Deputy Secretary of Labor
BATON ROUGE— Secretary of Labor John Warner Smith announced today that Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco has appointed Alesia Wilkins as the new Deputy Secretary for the Louisiana Department of Labor (LDOL).
From 1997 to 2002, Wilkins served the Louisiana Department of Justice as Assistant Attorney General on permanent assignment at LDOL where she worked directly with the Secretary of Labor and all department assistant secretaries on issues regarding state and federal labor and employment law.
www.laworks.net /qm_pressrelease_details.asp?PRseqno=175   (279 words)

  
 John Dunlop, 89, secretary of labor under President Ford
Dunlop, who was dean of Harvard University's faculty of arts and sciences from 1969 to 1973, served as labor secretary from March 1975 until January 1976.
He retired from teaching in 1985 but remained active as a labor negotiator, working to resolve disputes between Harvard and its employees, and between the city of Boston and its firefighters, among others.
''As a scholar, dean, secretary of labor and an adviser to countless institutions, John Dunlop was a major contributor to the life of our nation and to our university,'' university President Lawrence Summers said in a statement.
www.suntimes.com /output/obituaries/cst-nws-xdunlop04.html   (276 words)

  
 Francis Perkins
When he won the Presidency, Perkins was appointed to the position of Secretary of Labor.
Perkins was an effective Secretary of Labor, and served for 12 years.
She was instrumental in drafting almost all of the New Deal labor legislation.
www.multied.com /Bio/people/Perkins.html   (125 words)

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