Petermeyer: Construction Ready Career Expo 'nation's largest hands-on career day event'
By DOL Newswire Report | Mar 12, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration participated in the 2023 Atlanta Construction Ready Career Expo March 9-10.
Rosenblum: Straight-time pay for overtime hours robs employees 'of the hard-earned wages they depend on to make ends meet'
By DOL Newswire Report | Mar 11, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a $166,832 settlement for 53 workers of Lakeside Roofing & Contracting, a roofing contractor in Little Falls, N.Y., after uncovering overtime and record-keeping violations.
Walsh: 'Government of Mexico has indicated their support for full implementation of the labor reform'
By DOL Newswire Report | Mar 11, 2023
The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement's Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement has called for a review by the Mexican government after receiving a petition that workers’ rights are being violated at Unique Fabricating's facility in Queretaro, Mexico.
Walsh: Infrastructure investments will 'provide equitable and accessible opportunities'
By DOL Newswire Report | Mar 10, 2023
Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh announced a $20 million agreement between the U.S. Department of Labor and non-profit TradesFutures to advance equitable opportunities in construction through the Scaling Apprenticeship Readiness Across the Building Trades initiative.
Fisher: DOL stops employers from 'threatening workers or attempting to coerce them into silence'
By DOL Newswire Report | Mar 10, 2023
A Massachusetts restaurant owner must pay punitive damages and stop retaliation against its employees for a Labor Department investigation.
Stawowy: 'Bonded Logic put profits before safety'
By DOL Newswire Report | Mar 9, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor found that a Lafayette, GA, insulation manufacturer ignored safety standards following an investigation into a worker's head injury
Wulff: Guam bottling company ‘put profit before the safety of its employees’
By DOL Newswire Report | Mar 5, 2023
Pepsi Guam Bottling has been issued with proposed penalties of $180,807 after the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found the company had endangered its workers by disabling safety devices.
Coria: Agricultural workers 'are some of the country’s lowest paid workers'
By DOL Newswire Report | Mar 4, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division continues to push to educate agricultural industry employers about compliance while also teaching workers about their rights under federal law.
LaRose: N.H. construction company's failure to protect 'against potentially deadly and disabling hazards is disturbing'
By DOL Newswire Report | Mar 3, 2023
Derry-based Ridge Runner Construction has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for "willful, repeat and serious safety violations" at worksites in both Merrimack and Salem, N.H.
Looman: 'Our nation’s family caregivers provide critical care and comfort'
By DOL Newswire Report | Mar 2, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor marked the 30th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) with an online roundtable discussion and the launch of a new online resource for workers.
Becerra: Every child in U.S. 'deserves protection and care as we would expect for our own child'
By DOL Newswire Report | Mar 1, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor has seen a 69% increase in illegal child employment by U.S. companies since 2018.
Gomez: Labor Department benefit form changes improve 'critical oversight, public disclosure'
By DOL Newswire Report | Feb 27, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor, Internal Revenue Service and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation recently released notices announcing changes to the 2023 Form 5500 Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan and Form 5500-SF Short Form.
Walsh: Community colleges offer options 'to learn the skills needed to succeed in the workforce'
By DOL Newswire Report | Feb 26, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor awarded $50 million in grants to 15 community colleges in 14 states, enabling them to expand access to education and training for well-paying jobs and to meet employers’ and workers’ skill development needs.
Rector: Vessel's owners showed 'callous neglect and contempt' for safety regulations
By DOL Newswire Report | Feb 24, 2023
Alaskan fishing-industry employees aboard a seafood processing vessel last summer were exposed to dangerous conditions on the vessel by a company with a decade-long history of safety violations.
DuMont: Professional caregivers 'deserve our appreciation, respect and protection'
By DOL Newswire Report | Feb 23, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor has won a default judgment against a Pennsylvania home healthcare company and its owner for failing to pay overtime wages to 23 workers in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Salazar: 'U.S. workers have been illegally bypassed' by Miami plant nursery
By DOL Newswire Report | Feb 22, 2023
Miami-based wholesale plant nursery Pure Beauty Farms has been found to have given foreign visa workers preferential treatment over U.S. workers, while also housing employees in unsafe conditions in Georgia, according to a U.S. Department of Labor investigation.
Walsh: DOL works to make sure underserved communities 'share in our nation's prosperity'
By DOL Newswire Report | Feb 18, 2023
Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh visited Tulsa, Okla., to highlight the need for economic justice for underserved communities, particularly Black communities.
Walsh: Belarus action 'continues an ongoing and serious deterioration of labor rights'
By DOL Newswire Report | Feb 18, 2023
U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh said the U.S. is "deeply concerned" by the December 2022 and January 2023 sentencings of six trade union leaders in Belarus.
Mulligan: Roof Kings 'continually ignores its responsibilities to protect employees'
By DOL Newswire Report | Feb 17, 2023
A Massachusetts roofing company and "serial violator" of workplace safety laws has again been cited for exposing workers to life-threatening hazards on the job.
Kulp: Pennsylvania tree service company 'exposed a teenager to deadly risks'
By DOL Newswire Report | Feb 15, 2023
A U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigation determined the death of a 17-year-old Pennsylvania worker, who was partially pulled into a woodchipper, could have been prevented if the company followed federal safety standards.
