Search Results for wages tag:edlabor.house.gov,2010:/edlabor_dem//feed/wages 2010-08-05T14:39:49Z Movable Type 4.24-en 3 1 3 Committee Will Continue Work to Strengthen America's Middle Class tag:test.mt.house.gov,2008:/edlabor/blog//11.248 2008-10-16T18:23:00Z 2009-01-02T15:49:56Z Kittredge, Betsy Miller In December 2006, Rep. George Miller, the new Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, announced that the Committee would be dedicated to the mission of strengthening America’s middle class. And over the past two years, the Committee... Committee Passes Bill to Help Close Gender Wage Gap tag:test.mt.house.gov,2008:/edlabor/blog//11.219 2008-07-24T20:23:00Z 2009-01-02T16:20:36Z Kittredge, Betsy Miller The Committee passed the Paycheck Fairness Act today to help end the discriminatory practice of paying men and women unequally for performing the same job, by a 26 to 17 vote.  The bill, which was introduced by Rep. Rosa... Labor Department Not Effectively Fighting Wage Theft tag:test.mt.house.gov,2008:/edlabor/blog//11.201 2008-07-15T21:50:00Z 2009-01-05T15:49:31Z Kittredge, Betsy Miller The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), testified at a hearing today that findings from two separate investigations indicate that the U.S. Department of Labor is failing to effectively enforce the nation’s wage and hour laws.  The two investigations found...