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5 Jul, 2007 8:04 am
Elaine Lan Chao (Traditional Chinese: 趙...
9 Jan 5:57 pm
... of Government Employees (AFGE). These employees of the U.S. Department of Labor held a party to welcome the end of the current administration, led in their department by Secretary
of Labor Elaine Chao. So here is their cake, saying Ciao to Chao. They served this cake on the very day that the Senate heard testimony from President-elect Barack Obama's nominee, Rep. Hilda Solis. Ironically,
employees of the Department of ...
7 May 5:55 am
Thanks to Alexander Leonard (Jackson Lewis) for sending us a link to former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao's article in yesterday's Wall Street Journal decrying Obama's policy to stop using the LM-30 for union LMDRA compliance. Somehow, she manages to weave...
18 Jul, 2007 8:26 am
... contact your Representative in Congress immediately urging him or her not cut the OLMS budget. Below is a message about this from Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao. Please help spread the word on this by forwarding this message to as many people as possible. Thanks.
Phil. DERAILING THE LITTLE AGENCY THAT COULD By Elaine L. Chao At the Department of Labor, we've made
a point of doing more, better and with less. Among the standout performers is the Office of ...
14 Dec, 2006 1:21 am
... A Fresh Start For The Senate Judiciary Committee" LABOR 12/13/2006 Letter to Labor Secretary Elaine Chao From Sen. Charles Grassley Letter requests Trade Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment ... (PDF 3.59 MB) Intercity Passenger Rail:
National Policy and Strategies Needed to Maximize Public Benefits from Federal Expenditures TRADE 12/13/2006 Letter to Labor Secretary Elaine
Chao From Sen. Charles Grassley Letter requests Trade Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment ...
22 Feb, 2007 1:03 am
... Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General 02/20/2007 Letter to Labor Secretary Elaine Chao from Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Mike Enzi (PDF 3. ... ) Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on January 31, 2007 RETIREMENT/PENSIONS 02/20/2007 Letter to Labor Secretary Elaine
Chao from Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Mike Enzi (PDF 3. ...
8 May, 2008 7:10 am
... Internet tools will make it easier for small business employers to learn about and comply with the federal laws that apply to them," said Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao. However, employers in Connecticut using these tools should be cautious. There are additional
requirements that employers in Connecticut that may apply and some are stricter than the federal rules. Because of this, employers should use the department's ...
23 Jul, 2008 7:23 pm
... administration a rule making it tougher to regulate workers' on-the-job exposure to chemicals and toxins. The agency did not disclose the proposal, as required, in public notices of
regulatory plans that it filed in December and May. Instead, Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao's
intention to push for the rule first surfaced on July 7, when the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) posted on its Web site that it ...
25 Mar, 2008 11:01 pm
On March 26, ... ... 1953 (55 years ago today), U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao was born in
Taipei, Taiwan. Her family emigrated when she was 8; she attended high school ... earned an M.B.A. degree from Harvard. Before assuming her present position in 2001, Chao'd served as Director of the Peace Corps from 1991-92. Appointed to lead the Labor Department in 2001, Chao's
the 1st Asian-American woman ever appointed to the Cabinet of a U.S. President. ... 1888 (120 years ago today), Elsa Brändström ...
15 Mar, 2007 8:16 am
Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao recently stated that the Department of Labor (DOL) received 15,000
comments in response to its December 2006 solicitation regarding the current DOL Family and Medical Leave Act regulations. Secretary Chao told
an audience at the Society of Human Resources Management's Employment Law & Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C., that the comments would be carefully weighed. ...
10 Sep, 2008 7:52 pm
... authors of the corporate whistleblower protection provision in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act have sent a letter to Secretary of Labor Elaine
Chao expressing concern regarding what they described as DOL's overly restrictive interpretation of the provision ... s position contradicts
the spirit and goals of Section 806 as well as the intent of Congress, the Senators asked Secretary Chao to explain the basis for the agency's
stance. In addition, the Senators requested that the DOL temporarily suspend using an ...
6 Nov, 2006 5:52 pm
As this press release announces, Secretary Elaine Chao's staff has apparently been working hard to
submit the Department of Labor's first update to its Strategic Plan in three years to Congress. Putting aside questions about the utility of strategic plans for a moment, it's
refreshing to see DoL note the significant changes in the American workforce over the last several years. Rampant outsourcing, the rise in knowledge workers, the increasing ...
5 Dec, 2006 7:15 pm
... bulletin. Congressman George Miller (D-CA), soon-to-be chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce sent a letter to Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao saying that he was "alarmed to learn that OSHA was withdrawing and replacing" the bulletin. Equally
disturbing, according to Miller, is the news that DOL proposed to suspend the OSHA employee who drafted the original safety bulletin." Miller requested all documents relating ...
22 Feb, 2007 9:52 am
... for educating and training health care professionals, such as apprenticeship, distance learning, and accelerated training; • developing tools and curriculum for enhancing the skills
of health care professionals for nationwide distribution… For more information about the grants, see the Federal Register entry (PDF). (Pictured: Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao)
25 Jun, 2007 8:11 am
... a union to be certified by presenting cards signed by a majority of employees stating that they wanted to join the union. Opponents of the bill, such as Secretary of Labor
Elaine Chao, have argued that the card-check provisions are undemocratic. As she argues: "It is no
secret that maintaining the integrity of free and fair elections depends, in part, on maintaining the right to cast secret ballots. . . [But] Congress, at the ...
24 Oct, 2007 8:22 am
... next 30 years. "This is a key component of the Pension Protection Act and will help many more workers and their families build a nest egg for a secure and comfortable retirement,"
said Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao. Currently, only 2/3 of eligible employees participate in 401(k)
and other defined contribution plans. According to DOL studies, automatic enrollment could boost participation to more than 90%. Last year's passage of ...
6 Mar, 2008 4:24 am
... country could boost its strength as a U.S. ally, a point President Bush also stressed Tuesday. Matheson, a Utah Democrat, spent three days in Colombia this weekend with several
other members of Congress, Labor Secretary Elaine Chao and Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez.
They met with President Alvaro Uribe and toured parts of the nation that Matheson says even police would not dare to visit just a few years ago. . . . ...
11 Mar, 2008 1:48 am
... From Canadian Oil Sands by the U.S. Government 03/10/2008 Letters to Small Business Administration Administrator Steve Preston, Acting Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Linda
Stiff and Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao From Chairman Henry Waxman (PDF 165 KB) Letters Regarding
Potential Violations of Tax, Small Business and Labor Laws by Blackwater Worldwide 03/10/2008 Memorandum to Members of the House Oversight and ...
9 Apr, 2008 10:07 am
... members who worked hard to get this piece of legislation here in a timely fashion. I thank the Attorney General, Judge Michael Mukasey, for joining us, as well; Elaine Chao, thank you for coming, Madam Secretary; Rob Portman, former Director of the OMB; and all the supporters
of the Second Chance legislation. Thanks for caring about your country, thanks for working on this piece of legislation. The country was built on ...
9 May, 2008 4:08 am
... has a wide variety of other elaws tools addressing topics such as workplace safety, veterans' rights, benefits, minimum wage and child labor. "These Internet tools will make it
easier for small business employers to learn about and comply with the federal laws that apply to them," said Secretary of Labor Elaine
Chao. To check out the tools, visit www.dol.gov/elaws. Share This
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