WASHINGTON – Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su and a delegation from the department’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs joined labor ministers to discuss shared labor and employment priorities at the G20 Labor and Employment Ministers’ Meeting in Fortaleza, Brazil, from July 25 to 26, 2024. Before the meeting began, the U.S. and Brazil launched a campaign calling for joint global action to address the impacts of workplace heat stress, made possible by the countries’ Partnership for Workers’ Rights and collaboration with the International Labor Organization. “It was a pleasure to represent the most pro-worker administration in U.S. history at the G20…
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Brussels might seem empty, but high-stakes games are afoot behind the scenes. From air-conditioned government suites (and the occasional vacation villa), leaders are working the phones, trying to convince European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to give their country the most prestigious posts in the EU executive. In this week’s edition of EU Confidential podcast, host Sarah Wheaton is joined by Barbara Moens, POLITICO’s chief EU correspondent, to talk about how this complex political puzzle might be solved. Next, we head to Paris, where senior correspondent Clea Caulcutt breaks down how the Olympics are affecting France’s chaotic politics — and the inside dish about…
Wildfire blowups, fire whirls, towering thunderstorms: When fires get large and hot enough, they can actually create their own weather. In these extreme fire situations, firefighters’ ordinary methods to directly control the fire don’t work, and wildfires burn out of control. Firefighters have seen many of these risks in the enormous Park Fire burning near Chico, California, and other wildfires in summer 2024. But how can a fire create weather? Satellite images shows how the Park Fire near Chico, Calif., created intense pyrocumulonimbus plumes, visible in white, in July 2024. CSU/CIRA and NOAA I’m an atmospheric scientist who uses data…
Whole Life Order prisoners now blocked from marrying behind bars Government enacts new law to end torment for victims and their families Marriage and civil partnership ban comes into force today Prisoners serving whole life orders – which means they will never be released – will now be automatically blocked from getting married or entering a civil partnership after the new Lord Chancellor signed a measure in the Victims and Prisoners Act into law. This will deny the most heinous criminals from enjoying the important life events they callously took from their victims, while preventing families from the trauma of…
Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich, and Alsu Kurmasheva are now on their way back to the United States from Russia. Through the extraordinary efforts of countless people in the State Department and across our government, the United States was able to strike an agreement to secure their freedom, as well as that of Vladimir Kara-Murza and twelve others held prisoner inside Russia. We are grateful for the support we had from a number of our allies who made this deal possible, in particular Germany, Poland, Norway, and Slovenia. We further appreciate the Turkish government providing a location for the safe return…
Teenagers’ needs for independence and privacy increase dramatically during adolescence. Today, many parents struggle with concerns about their teens’ screen time and digital safety, and for good reason. There is widespread opinion that technology and social media use is harmful for young people. However, as many parents will know, getting teens to reduce their screen time is often far easier said than done. Conflict often results when parents voice their concerns and institute their authority over teens. Our research team has been examining the role of the family and technology in adolescent development over the last 20 years. Our research…
This is the day we will sink our own home –it is old, they say, and can’t live forever.I’m among the ones who must lock the domebehind us and throw the keys in the riverof stardust in which we’ve swum for so long.Happy new year! The cry goes up far belowus in waves, while we plot to do great wrongto this ship in space. No keening in sorrow:These are my orders. Death first by fireworks,our vessel burned alive like a sailing boatlit aflame at sea by men gone berserkwith grief. The saltwater will keep it afloatas long as it can.…
HIGH POINT, NC – The U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has entered into a conciliation agreement with one of the nation’s leading producers of bedding components and home and work furniture, in which the federal contractor will pay $407,402 in back wages and interest to resolve alleged hiring discrimination at a High Point production facility. During a routine compliance review of Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, OFCCP determined that between Nov. 23, 2018 and Nov. 23, 2020, the employer’s hiring practices at the facility discriminated against 308 Black, White and Hispanic applicants for production associate positions in violation of Executive…
A groundbreaking new longitudinal population study and data platform will offer an unparalleled opportunity to understand health and developmental trajectories from puberty to adulthood of adolescents in the 2020s post COVID-19. The Adolescent Health Study The study is funded by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Infrastructure Fund through the Medical Research Council (MRC). It aims to follow the health of at least 100,000 eight to 18-year-olds over a minimum of 10 years, collecting biological and lifestyle data. It will have an innovative design that is being co-developed with a diverse range of young people. Understudied life stage Adolescence is…
But Starmer, who has been in office as Labour prime minister for less than a month, declined to get into a direct slanging match with Farage. “I’m not going to stand here and cast judgment on what others have been saying,” he said when pressed on the Reform UK leader’s comments. Questioned again, Starmer said only that “anybody who says or does anything that impedes [families of the victims’] ability to get the justice that they deserve, cannot claim to be acting in their best interests.” Ahead of the first bout of disorder, Farage questioned why the incident in Southport…