By Bob Pepalis | Mar 17, 2022
A Florida security contractor has been sued by the U.S. Department of Labor for firing a worker for raising concerns over COVID-19 and firearm-storage safety protocols, the DOL announced last month.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 17, 2022
The Wage & Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor has made available several new resources to protect employees from retaliation by employers for exercising their rights as workers, the DOL announced recently.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 17, 2022
The International Court of Justice ruled on March 16 that Russia must immediately end military operations in Ukraine.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 17, 2022
A federal court order required the owner of a defunct Detroit-area transport company to pay approximately $274,000 in back wages and interest to 326 former drivers.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 17, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor awarded $2.97 million to provide temporary employment and training for individuals after the northern California wildfires between July and October 2021.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 16, 2022
The U.S. and its allies are reportedly holding the Russian and Belarusian governments accountable for human rights abuses.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 16, 2022
State and national leaders must collaborate to implement the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and achieve a net-zero carbon future, a Department of Energy leader said.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 16, 2022
Financial service firms were warned by the U.S. Department of Labor March 10 about exposing 401(k) participants to investments in cryptocurrencies at this early stage in their history.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 16, 2022
Approximately $5 billion in funding has been earmarked to create a coast-to-coast system of EV charging stations, the U.S. Departments of Transportation and Energy announced last month.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 16, 2022
Secretary of State Antony Blinken authorized an additional $200 million to provide military assistance to Ukraine, according to a March 12 statement on the Department of State website.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 15, 2022
The U.S. Department of State reported the country strongly condemned missile strikes by Iran on Erbil, Iraq, March 12.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 15, 2022
An employer who reportedly let a pipelayer work in unsafe conditions in an unprotected construction site trench was cited for safety violations by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and may face more than $200,000 in fines.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 15, 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping called the internet the main area and “frontline of the ideological struggle" during a speech at the sixth plenary session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Nov. 11, 2021.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 14, 2022
The Republic of Korea’s trade minister announced, with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo, it will implement export control policies to join the nations standing against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 14, 2022
A first-round of more than $20 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Labor will help several states resolve disparities revealed during the pandemic in how they delivered unemployment insurance benefits.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 13, 2022
A pre-release webinar is set for March 14 to provide an overview of 1950 Census records that will be released April 1 by the U.S. Census Bureau.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 13, 2022
The largest national trade association for the trucking industry joined President Joe Biden’s 90-day Trucking Apprenticeship Challenge to get more well-trained drivers into good-paying jobs.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 13, 2022
A commercial cleaning contractor that allegedly shortchanged 19 workers at a Federal Aviation Administration worksite in Pensacola by failing to pay overtime hours had to pay $39,806 in back wages and liquidated damages.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 13, 2022
The nation’s relatively dry start to 2022 continued in February with most of the contiguous U.S. in drought, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 13, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded $36 million for research to increase the use of nuclear power as a source of clean energy and limit the amount of waste reactors produce.
