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	  **Released on   Apr 9, 2024**
          Higher Education: Employment Discrimination Case Referrals Between Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Could Be Improved
    GAO-24-105516
      Published:   Mar 6, 2024
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        Publicly Released:   Apr 9, 2024
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    Despite recent increases in Black and Hispanic employees on higher education faculties, they're still underrepresented. Current or prospective higher education faculty can file complaints of employment discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. They also file complaints with the Department of Education—which refers almost all of them to EEOC. About 90% of Education's referrals to EEOC are required to be sent within 30 days, but...
      **Released on   Mar 21, 2024**
          Service Members Transitioning to Civilian Life: Agencies Can Improve Warm Handovers for Additional Assistance
    GAO-24-106248
      Published:   Mar 21, 2024
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        Publicly Released:   Mar 21, 2024
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    Transitioning from military to civilian life can be difficult for some service members as they may lose access to housing, pay, healthcare, and more. DOD provides certain at-risk service members with a person-to-person connection—known as a "warm handover"—to support agencies like VA. But DOD doesn't ensure that warm handovers take place. From April 2021-March 2023, more than 4,300 at-risk service members didn't receive this assistance...
      **Released on   Mar 5, 2024**
          Human Capital: Characteristics and Administration of the Federal Wage System
    GAO-24-106657
      Published:   Mar 5, 2024
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        Publicly Released:   Mar 5, 2024
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    In this report, we review the administration of the Federal Wage System—the government's pay system for trade, craft, and labor hourly employees. And we examine characteristics of the system, such as which occupations and geographic areas are covered under it. The FWS was originally intended to set these employees' pay rates in line with local market rates. However, subsequent congressional actions have linked FWS pay...
      **Released on   Mar 4, 2024**
          Science & Tech Spotlight: Wearable Technologies in the Workplace
    GAO-24-107303
      Published:   Mar 4, 2024
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        Publicly Released:   Mar 4, 2024
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    In 2022, workers in warehousing, manufacturing, and construction experienced over 700,000 nonfatal injuries and over 2,000 fatal accidents. This Spotlight discusses how companies are deploying technologies worn on the body to try to improve safety and productivity. These wearable technologies vary in size and function. Technologies such as exoskeletons—which can provide physical support to the user's body during repetitive overhead work—are already in use in...
      **Released on   Feb 13, 2024**
          Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Greater Transparency Could Improve Worker Ratio Reports
    GAO-24-106698
      Published:   Feb 13, 2024
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        Publicly Released:   Feb 13, 2024
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    The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is a U.S. territory in the Pacific. In this Q&A report, we review its worker data and reporting from 2018-2022. U.S. workers made up at least half of employed workers U.S. workers comprised a greater portion of employed workers in 2022 than in 2018 During this time, the economy declined due to a typhoon, COVID-19, and the closure...
      **Released on   Feb 8, 2024**
          Military Spouse Employment: Part-Time Workforce Characteristics and Perspectives
    GAO-24-106263
      Published:   Feb 8, 2024
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        Publicly Released:   Feb 8, 2024
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    For spouses of military service members, finding or keeping a job is a top concern. This Q&A report examines the demographics, employment experiences, and well-being of military spouses who worked part time. Of approximately 270,000 military spouses who were employed, about a third worked part time in 2021, based on our estimates from DOD data. Military spouses we interviewed said they worked part time because...
      **Released on   Jan 29, 2024**
          DOD Education Activity: Civilian Payroll Remediation Continues
    GAO-24-105679
      Published:   Jan 29, 2024
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        Publicly Released:   Jan 29, 2024
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    The Department of Defense has over 12,000 civilian employees in its "Education Activity" schools around the world. These schools educate the children of service members and civilian employees on military installations. Independent public accounting firms auditing DOD's annual financial statements have reported issues related to the civilian payroll system. For example, they've found that some payroll amounts don't match supporting documentation. We found similar issues...
      **Released on   Jan 25, 2024**
          2023 Tax Filing: IRS Improved Customer Service, but Could Further Improve Processing and Evaluate Expedited Hiring
    GAO-24-106581
      Published:   Jan 25, 2024
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        Publicly Released:   Jan 25, 2024
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    IRS has previously had challenges processing tax returns on time and meeting taxpayer needs. But in 2023, IRS's service showed improvement. Tax filers experienced faster processing times, shorter wait times for phone service, and more in-person options for getting tax help. However, the agency fell short of some of its goals for processing tax returns on time. Also, IRS was able to use a faster...
      **Released on   Dec 12, 2023**
          Work Arrangements: Improved Collaboration Could Enhance Labor Force Data
    GAO-24-105651
      Published:   Dec 12, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Dec 12, 2023
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    Millions of U.S. workers are in nonstandard and contract work arrangements—that is, work that is not permanent, year-round, and full-time employment with predictable hours. Policymakers want to understand such work arrangements and how workers fare in terms of wages, benefits, and workplace safety. However, federal agencies define and measure these arrangements in various ways, so it's hard to know their prevalence and outcomes. We recommended...
      **Released on   Nov 16, 2023**
          Employee Benefits Security Administration: Systematic Process Needed to Better Manage Priorities and Increased Responsibilities
    GAO-24-105667
      Published:   Oct 24, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Nov 16, 2023
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    The Employee Benefits Security Administration helps ensure that employer-sponsored retirement and group health plans comply with applicable federal requirements, and that benefits are there for participants as promised. While EBSA's responsibilities have increased over the last decade, its budget has generally remained flat. EBSA officials said the agency has several strategies to manage this, like focusing resources on high-impact investigations or dedicating supplemental funds toward...
      **Released on   Nov 15, 2023**
          Sole Proprietor Compliance: Treasury and IRS Have Opportunities to Reduce the Tax Gap
    GAO-24-105281
      Published:   Oct 19, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Nov 15, 2023
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    Each year, sole proprietors—like gig workers, social media influencers, and trade workers in business for themselves—underreport income that leads to about $80 billion in unpaid taxes. These taxpayers may have difficulty paying their taxes accurately, in part, because they have no tax withholding. Experts we surveyed also said that sole proprietors may find current tax guidance too technical and could be confused about income from...
      **Released on   Nov 2, 2023**
          Equal Employment Opportunity: Additional Actions Would Improve USDA's Collection and Reporting of Key Data
    GAO-24-106791
      Published:   Nov 2, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Nov 2, 2023
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    Agencies' annual reports on equal employment opportunity complaint data help Congress ensure the agencies are following workplace discrimination laws. We reviewed three reports that the U.S. Department of Agriculture issues annually and found ways that the department could improve the accuracy, clarity, and completeness of the data. For example, we recommended that USDA fix a database error that resulted in inaccurate data, and that it...
      **Released on   Sep 28, 2023**
          Veterans Employment: Identifying Lessons Learned from Rapid Retraining Program Could Benefit Future Efforts
    GAO-23-106191
      Published:   Sep 28, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Sep 28, 2023
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    The Department of Veterans Affairs provided help for veterans who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The program offered a housing stipend and 12 months of tuition and fees for veterans to retrain for high-demand occupations. More than 13,000 veterans used the program to enroll in training. VA collected a lot of data from schools and veterans on program benefits and challenges, but doesn't...
      **Released on   Sep 12, 2023**
          Unemployment Insurance: Estimated Amount of Fraud During Pandemic Likely Between $100 Billion and $135 Billion
    GAO-23-106696
      Published:   Sep 12, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Sep 12, 2023
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    We estimate that fraud accounted for 11-15% of the total amount of unemployment insurance benefits paid during the pandemic. In that time frame, the Department of Labor provided funding to states to help prevent, detect, and investigate fraud and recover fraudulent payments. States reported finding about $55.8 billion in total overpayments—$5.3 billion of which were fraudulent. States reported recovering about $6.8 billion total, including $1.2...
          VA Equal Employment Opportunity: Increased Attention Needed to Improve Program Effectiveness
    GAO-23-105429
      Published:   Sep 12, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Sep 12, 2023
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    Federal law prohibits discrimination against federal employees on the basis of race, among other things. We reviewed the Department of Veterans Affairs' efforts to ensure equitable treatment of its employees. VA's workforce is diverse but there are disparities in pay and promotions for some racial, ethnic, and gender groups, and VA could better address discrimination. While VA tracks complaints of alleged racial discrimination, it hasn't...
      **Released on   Aug 24, 2023**
          Job Corps: DOL Could Improve Center Safety and Security Procedures and Assess Hiring Flexibilities for Drug Intervention Specialists
    GAO-23-105589
      Published:   Jul 25, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Aug 24, 2023
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    The Department of Labor's Job Corps is the nation's largest residential, educational, career and technical training program for low-income youth. Illegal drugs are not allowed at Job Corps' centers, and students must be tested for drug use when they arrive. Students testing positive must receive drug intervention services—to help them understand their substance use and how to abstain from it—and be retested. Students who test...
      **Released on   Aug 11, 2023**
          Telework: Growth Supported Economic Activity During the Pandemic, but Future Impacts Are Uncertain
    GAO-23-105999
      Published:   Jul 26, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Aug 11, 2023
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    Telework—also known as remote work or “work from home”—became an important part of the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We looked at changes in telework and its effects on worker productivity and business performance. In the U.S., the percentage of workers who teleworked for most of the week increased from 5.7% in 2019 to 17.9% in 2021, but most workers continued in-person work. Telework...
      **Released on   Jul 27, 2023**
          Older Workers: Retirement Account Disparities Have Increased by Income and Persisted by Race Over Time
    GAO-23-105342
      Published:   Jul 27, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Jul 27, 2023
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    Congress is concerned that federal tax incentives for workers to save in tax-preferred retirement accounts are going mostly to higher income workers—and are doing little to help low-income workers save for retirement. We found that: Disparities between low-income and high-income older workers households' (ages 51-64) retirement accounts were greater in 2019 than in 2007. 1 in 10 low-income households had a retirement account balance in...
      **Released on   Jul 24, 2023**
          403(b) Retirement Plans: Department of Labor Should Update Educational Materials to Better Inform Plan Sponsors and Participants
    GAO-23-105620
      Published:   Jun 21, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Jul 24, 2023
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    Millions of teachers and employees at non-profits rely on 403(b) plans for their retirement savings. These individual account-based plans let participants make investment decisions and bear risk. Federal agencies, like the Department of Labor, oversee these plans. DOL also provides educational materials to plan sponsors and participants. However, we found that DOL's website contains little educational material specific to 403(b) plans—such as information to help...
          Unemployment Insurance: DOL Needs to Further Help States Overcome IT Modernization Challenges
    GAO-23-105478
      Published:   Jul 10, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Jul 24, 2023
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    The Department of Labor oversees unemployment insurance—distributing funds to states, who then provide these funds to eligible people within their state. During the COVID-19 pandemic, some states had trouble processing unemployment insurance claims due to issues with their IT systems—some of which are about 50 years old. DOL is helping states modernize these systems by, for example, sending experts to evaluate them and recommend improvements...
    
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