Today, the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), held a hearing to examine four bipartisan proposals to simplify and modernize retirement plan administration for businesses large and small, as well as the employees who benefit from the retirement plans offered. Read more »
On Wednesday, May 16 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employer, Labor, and Pensions will hold a hearing on “Enhancing Retirement Security: Examining Proposals to Simplify and Modernize Retirement Plan Administration.” Read more »
Since the Great Recession 10 years ago, the American workforce has experienced a growing shortage of skilled workers with the current deficit clocking in at over six million workers. Businesses and industries are struggling to hire qualified candidates for job openings in a phenomenon known as the skills gap. In a 2015 survey of over 40,000 employers worldwide, participants reported that the top t... Read more »
Today, the Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee held a hearing on private sector solutions to address the nation’s skills gap by helping job seekers learn the skills they need for a good-paying job. Read more »
Good morning, and welcome to today’s subcommittee hearing. I would like to thank our panel of witnesses and our members for joining today’s important discussion about the opioid epidemic and its implications for the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) program. Read more »
A recent article from EdSurge highlighted the changing needs in today’s workforce and how our postsecondary education has been slow to respond. Here are three lessons from the article: 1. There are more than six million unfilled jobs in the United States in what is known as the skills gap. These jobs are unfilled because too many workers are unskilled. Corporate leaders are turning to talent deve... Read more »
Today, the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL), held a hearing to examine the implications of the opioid epidemic for the Department of Labor’s (DOL) workers’ compensation program for federal employees under the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA). Read more »
On Tuesday, May 8 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections will hold a hearing on "The Opioid Epidemic: Implications for the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act." Read more »
The federal government’s effort to make postsecondary education more affordable has resulted in a convoluted maze of federal student aid programs including several grant programs, six different types of student loans, nine repayment plans, eight forgiveness programs, and 32 deferment and forbearance options. Read more »
