By DOL Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Despite their critical role in the economy, farmworkers too often face unpaid wages, unsafe transportation to and from worksites, and substandard housing conditions.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: MEMPHIS, TN - The operator of a Memphis Shell gas station and convenience store paid workers cash bonuses in place of overtime pay and persuaded them to sign altered time records to avoid paying full overtime wages due, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 28, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing amendments to its occupational injury and illness recordkeeping regulation, 29 CFR 1904.41. The current regulation requires certain employers to electronically submit injury and illness information - that they are required to keep - to OSHA. The agency uses these reports to identify and respond to emerging hazards and makes aspects of the information publicly available.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 28, 2022
News Release: Employer name: Groundworks Colorado LLC. 2575 U.S. 6 & 50, Unit A. Grand Junction, CO 81501. Citations issued: Groundworks Colorado LLC. One willful violation and five serious violations. Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued citations...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 27, 2022
News Release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Committee passed legislation regarding workers’ compensation programs, school safety, and Community Services Block Grants...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 26, 2022
Release: WHO: U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division
By DOL Newswire | Mar 26, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a first-of-its-kind action, the U.S. Department of Labor has issued guidance to all 50 states and the nation’s territories encouraging them to designate more than 2,300 locally operated American Job Centers as voter registration agencies under the National Voter Registration Act.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2022
News Release: PENSACOLA, FL - Despite the findings of a January 2021 federal workplace safety investigation, a Pensacola custom cabinet manufacturer continued to expose workers to fire risks, inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found in a follow-up visit.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2022
The US Labor Department published a six page rule on March 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2022
News Release: Employers: Westlake Chemical Lake Charles South, Westlake, Louisiana. Wastewater Specialties LLC, Sulphur, Louisiana. Turn2 Specialty Companies LLC, La Porte, Texas. Leak Sealers Inc., Lumberton, Texas. Citations issued: Turn2 Specialty Companies LLC. Four serious violations with proposed penalties...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2022
News Release: Employers: Westlake Chemical Lake Charles South, Westlake, Louisiana
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2022
News Release: PENSACOLA, FL - Despite the findings of a January 2021 federal workplace safety investigation, a Pensacola custom cabinet manufacturer continued to expose workers to fire risks, inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found in a follow-up visit.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2022
This bill is sponsored by Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2022
News Release: DALLAS - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is urging response crews and residents in areas affected by recent storms that spawned tornadoes in North Texas and New Orleans to recognize and protect themselves from hazards created by flooding, power loss, structural damage, fallen trees and storm debris.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2022
News Release: DALLAS - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is urging response crews and residents in areas affected by recent storms that spawned tornadoes in north Texas and New Orleans to recognize and protect themselves from hazards created by flooding, power loss, structural damage, fallen trees and storm debris.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2022
News Release: Dear Mr. Dodaro: We write to request the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) examine the need for stronger spousal protections in defined contribution retirement plans, as such accounts are often a couple’s largest asset aside from their home. People plan their futures around their retirement...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Oversight and Reform Committee Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY) sent a letter to the Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Charlotte Burrows, seeking information about EEOC’s plans to return to in-person work.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
