March 5, 2025 6:57 pm. 2 min read . The Labor Department is planning for major cuts to a watchdog office that ensures federal contractors aren’t discriminating against their employees. The department, in a memo obtained by Federal News Network, is looking to cut staffing for its Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) by 90%. ...
The fiscal year 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies funding bill includes $198.4 billion, a cut of $24.6 billion, or 11 percent, below ... Department of Labor (DOL) – The bill includes a total of $10.7 billion for DOL, a decrease of $3 billion, or 22 percent, below the fiscal year 2024 level and $3.4 ...
The Labor Department’s stronger-than-anticipated report Friday found the unemployment rate unchanged at 4.2 percent — still near historic lows — and that average hourly earnings climbed by 0 ...
The US Labor Department would receive $8.6 billion in 2026 under President Donald Trump’s “skinny” budget blueprint, a nearly 35% cut from its current funding level. The $4.6 billion reduction in spending would largely stem from the administration’s plans to end Job Corps, a nationwide ...
The Frances Perkins Department of Labor Building is seen as workers and supporters protest against the Department of Government Efficiency in front of the U.S. Department of Labor on February 05, 2025 in Washington, DC.
In addition to the cuts at the Labor Department, other agencies, including the General Services Administration (GSA), are also bracing for significant workforce reductions. ... F-1 visa in 2025: ...
In one of the few spending increases included in the budget, Mr. Trump asked lawmakers to bolster spending at the Department of Homeland Security by more than $43 billion, furthering his work to ...
The bill would cut the Labor Department budget by 22%, the HHS budget by 6%, and the Education Department by 14%. DeLauro referenced Project 2025, the conservative policy blueprint for a possible second Trump presidency, saying Republicans are already trying to implement the policies through spending bills.
On July 10, 2024, the House Appropriations Committee approved the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (Labor-HHS-Education) funding proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. The bill, written by House Republicans, would slash the Department of Labor’s (DOL) funding to $10.7 billion—a 22 percent cut relative to FY2024. Additional cuts ...
Republicans on the House Committee on Appropriations have proposed a fiscal year 2025 spending bill that would significantly cut the Department of Labor’s budget, defunding several key ...
Feb. 27, 2025, 8:58 PM UTC; ... The Department of Labor is preparing to cut the workforce of its federal contractor watchdog by 90% after the Trump administration gutted much of the office’s enforcement power, according to a memo reviewed by Bloomberg Law.
California joined a coalition of states Monday in suing the Trump administration to block sweeping cuts to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
BALTIMORE, MD (April 18, 2025) – Maryland lost 3,500 public sector jobs in March 2025, driven by a loss of 2,700 federal government jobs, according to new estimates released today by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Maryland added 2,300 private sector jobs, but it was not enough to offset the federal cuts.
Trump’s budget proposes a 26 percent reduction to the department’s $127 billion budget, most of which would come from a deep cut to the National Institutes of Health. Key proposed changes
The Department of Labor has invited families who had lost loved ones to workplace tragedies to come to Washington, D.C. each year on Workers Memorial Day, a day set aside to commemorate those who have lost their lives on the job, most recently in April 2024. 6 It is heart wrenching to hear their stories, like that of young Samantha, who had never met her father because he left for work one day ...
Members of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau protest in Washington, D.C., on March 24, 2025, after the Trump administration's decision to close the department.
The FY 2025 request for the Department of Labor (DOL or Department) is $13.9 billion in discretionary budget authority and 15,762 full-time equivalent employees (FTE), with additional mandatory funding and supplemental FTE. DOL promotes the welfare of workers, job seekers, and retirees by helping them improve their
The latest numbers reflect the deep workforce cuts from the Department of Government Efficiency, with federal government employment declining by 9,000 in April, bringing the total number of cuts ...
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