By DOL Newswire Report | Jan 13, 2023
Despite falling victim to wage theft himself in 2018, Portland, Ore., restaurant owner Miguel Chi-dzul denied employees $94,177 in tips and back wages, federal investigators said.
By DOL Newswire Report | Jan 12, 2023
Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors discovered a Manitowoc, Wis., malthouse exposed its employees to machine risk, respiratory protection, restricted spaces and other dangers.
By DOL Newswire Report | Jan 8, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced it renewed its partnership with the Ohio craft brewing industry to promote workplace safety.
By DOL Newswire Report | Jan 5, 2023
An Minnesota electrical and electronics manufacturing company with federal contracts has agreed to provide required information on its employment practices to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.
By DOL Newswire Report | Dec 31, 2022
A Frisco, Texas, utility contractor violated mandated workplace safety requirements when it permitted two workers to enter a trench without a safety system, which resulted in one laborer’s death.
By DOL Newswire Report | Dec 31, 2022
U.S. Department of Labor announced a $3 million cooperative agreement project with Impactt Limited to assist the Dominican Republic sugar industry.
By DOL Newswire Report | Dec 30, 2022
An investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that a Georgetown, Texas, construction company gave two workers installing sewer lines in an underground trench little chance of surviving.
By DOL Newswire Report | Dec 14, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor found multiple McDonald's restaurants in the Pittsburgh area in violation of child labor laws by allowing employees under the age of 16 to work outside of permissible hours.
By DOL Newswire Report | Dec 14, 2022
A federal court entered a permanent injunction against a food sanitation contractor after the Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found at least 81 children from 13 to 17 years of age were employed in hazardous occupations.
By DOL Newswire Report | Dec 14, 2022
A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice settlement with Republic Steel requires a reduction of lead emissions at a Canton, Ohio, facility.
By DOL Newswire Report | Dec 13, 2022
An ongoing compliance initiative by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found 77 care workers employed by Seattle-area adult family home providers were shortchanged by $530,418 in wages.
By DOL Newswire Report | Dec 12, 2022
Occupational Safety and Health Administration safety inspectors found a Middleburg, Ohio, roofing contractor repeatedly failed to protect workers from life-threatening hazards on various job sites.
By DOL Newswire Report | Dec 11, 2022
Dollar Tree Stores Inc., the owner of Family Dollar and Dollar Tree stores, received a citation for putting workers at risk of fire, entrapment and struck-by hazards at its Richmond Hill, Ga., facility.
By DOL Newswire Report | Dec 10, 2022
U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh recently commented on the promising data revealed in the employment report for November.
By DOL Newswire Report | Dec 9, 2022
Eliminating force labor was the main focus of the first leaders' meeting of the trilateral Trade and Labor Dialogue between the United States and the European Union.
By DOL Newswire Report | Dec 8, 2022
A Louisiana salt mine operated by Morton Salt Inc. has been issued a U.S. Department of Labor pattern of violations notice for allegedly failing to comply with mandatory federal health and safety standards.
By DOL Newswire Report | Dec 3, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced an Idaho stone quarry has been ordered to pay almost $1 million in back pay to 60 workers.
By DOL Newswire Report | Nov 30, 2022
COVID-19 was a catalyst for change in many aspects of daily life, most notably teleworking, which numerous companies and governments have adopted as the new norm.
By DOL Newswire Report | Nov 29, 2022
An Illinois-based excavation contractor, which has repeatedly violated safety standards in the past, has once again been found to be placing workers at risk to deadly trench cave-in hazards.
By DOL Newswire Report | Nov 28, 2022
Dollar General was recently cited by U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for four repeated safety violations at its store in Columbus.
