By DOL Newswire Report | Feb 14, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration reopened the public comment period on changes to its Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program and the proposed amendment to the Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2002-51.
By DOL Newswire Report | Feb 13, 2023
The operator of a Culver’s franchise restaurant in Wixom, Mich., has paid $13,212 in penalties for violating federal child labor laws.
By DOL Newswire Report | Feb 12, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found employees at a cattle processing plant in Lone Jack, Mo., were exposed to high levels of carbon dioxide.
By DOL Newswire Report | Feb 11, 2023
Two Louisville coffee shops allowed managers to keep a portion of 125 employees’ tips, which violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by diverting tips to the managers.
By DOL Newswire Report | Feb 10, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor marked the 30th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act with events and updated resources to commemorate its impact on millions of American workers and their families.
By DOL Newswire Report | Feb 9, 2023
A New York home-improvements contractor with a history of employee-safety violations is facing another eight charges and a fine of more than $685,000.
By DOL Newswire Report | Feb 5, 2023
A Manchester chimney services provider has settled claims that it broke the anti-retaliation provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act by paying $26,163 to three employees.
By DOL Newswire Report | Feb 2, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $399,851 in overtime back pay and damages for 49 workers at an Aurora family-owned supermarket.
By DOL Newswire Report | Feb 2, 2023
Steam explosions at two Ohio companies resulted in citations and proposed fines by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration of more than $330,000.
By DOL Newswire Report | Jan 31, 2023
For many families that need it most, child care is increasingly becoming out of financial reach, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s National Database of Daycare Pricing, which examines child care prices in 2,360 counties across the country.
By DOL Newswire Report | Jan 29, 2023
A Manchester, N.H., chimney services contractor has paid $26,163 to its workers to resolve allegations their employer violated the Fair Labor Standards Act's anti-retaliation provisions enforced by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division.
By DOL Newswire Report | Jan 29, 2023
Homeland Security Investigations personnel were recently recognized by Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite Jr. for their transnational investigation targeting child pornography distributors.
By DOL Newswire Report | Jan 28, 2023
The owner of a Vail, Colo. construction company has turned himself in to local law enforcement following the issuance of an arrest warrant from the Summit County Sheriff's Office in Breckenridge.
By DOL Newswire Report | Jan 27, 2023
Two Wisconsin forestry companies must pay 263 workers $1.1 million in unpaid wages five years after the employees left their homes in Guatemala and Mexico for jobs they were promised.
By DOL Newswire Report | Jan 26, 2023
Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh recently commented on the Telecommunications Workforce Interagency Group’s report to Congress.
By DOL Newswire Report | Jan 23, 2023
The owner-operator of a pizza restaurant in a small Colorado town has been accused in federal court of retaliating against workers who participated in a federal investigation.
By DOL Newswire Report | Jan 20, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor made the Spanish-language time sheet app for iOS or Android smartphones, which counts work hours, break time and overtime worked and determines earnings owed, freely accessible.
By DOL Newswire Report | Jan 19, 2023
A national auto parts distributor and an Arizona logistics company that improperly categorized 1,398 drivers as independent contractors must pay them $5.6 million in back wages and liquidated penalties under a consent judgment in federal court.
By DOL Newswire Report | Jan 16, 2023
A southern California senior care facility with a history of labor violations has been ordered by a federal court to pay $690,696 to 108 employees after the U.S. Department of Labor recently discovered that the Garden Grove-based company failed to pay workers all of their earned salaries.
By DOL Newswire Report | Jan 15, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor won a summary judgment in federal court to force a Chesapeake, Va., home healthcare business and its owners to pay 194 employees more than $1.5 million in back pay and liquidated damages.
