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4 Dec 2014, 12:00 am
During the symposium, entitled Enforcement Matters: How Workplace Law Enforcement Can Boost Americans’ Wages and Strengthen the Economy, Labor Secretary Thomas Perez claimed increasing the federal minimum wage is the "centerpiece" of the President's economic agenda.read more [read post]
12 Mar 2012, 11:41 am by Jamie Reese
In a letter [text] from Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez, the DOJ claimed that the changes requiring voters to present a valid photo identification are unenforceable under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) [Cornell LII backgrounder] because it would adversely effect Hispanic voters. [read post]
11 Nov 2015, 11:30 am by Pete Strom
As States Limit Workers Comp Benefits, Congress Seeks Federal Oversight to Help Workers Based on information published jointly by Pro Publica and NPR, 10 Democrats in the House and Senate sent a letter to Labor Secretary, Thomas Perez, noting that federal oversight might be required to ensure that states offer appropriate workers’ compensation to their […] [read post]
2 Nov 2011, 8:05 am by Ashley Hileman
The letter, authored by Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez [official website], was sent because of the potential of the state's controversial immigration law [HB 56 text; JURIST news archive] to "chill or discourage student participation in, or... [read post]
1 Oct 2014, 7:15 pm by Maureen Johnston
The petition of the day is: Perez v. [read post]
6 Nov 2011, 8:56 am by Ashley Hileman
The letter, authored by Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez [official profile], was in response to a letter the DOJ received from Strange on Wednesday, in which he questioned the legal authority [AP report] the DOJ had to compel enrollment data from Alabama school districts. [read post]
17 Mar 2015, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman Members of the House Committee on Appropriations on Tuesday asked Labor Secretary Thomas Perez about various Department of Labor plans and initiatives during a hearing to discuss the department's fiscal year 2016 budget request. [read post]
26 Mar 2014, 12:00 am
Lotito Ilyse Wolens Schuman Labor Secretary Thomas Perez fielded questions about current Department of Labor rulemaking, past sub-regulatory actions, and future agency plans during a hearing before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce to discuss the DOL’s FY 2015 budget proposal. [read post]
2 Jun 2016, 9:22 am by Stephen D. Rosenberg
There’s a famous saying that war is politics continued by other means, and I have paraphrased it in the past to point out that patent infringement litigation is frequently simply business competition continued by other means. [read post]
24 May 2024, 7:16 pm by Yosi Yahoudai
During a 17-hour interrogation in August 2018, Fontana Police Department officers questioned Thomas Perez Jr. about the disappearance of his father, whom Perez had reported missing. [read post]
7 Mar 2012, 4:08 pm by jleaming@acslaw.org
Grassley groused about the DOJ’s settlement with Countrywide Financial Corporation, which the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Thomas Perez (pictured) described in written testimony before the committee as “the largest lending discrimination case ever brought by the U.S. [read post]
14 Sep 2014, 5:54 pm by Federal Employment Law Insider
Bristol To focus on the importance of the federal contractor community’s role in President Barack Obama’s commitment to enacting change with the “power of the pen,” Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez spoke in early August at the 2014 National Industry Liaison Group’s (NILG) national meeting in Washington, D.C. [read post]
26 Oct 2015, 6:02 am by Kit Case
In a letter to Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, Sanders and nine other Democrats complain about the “erosion” of state laws set up to pay workers while they are injured and cannot work. [read post]