By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
Release: Employer name: PGA Inc. Inspection site: 185 South Street, Freeland, Pennsylvania 18224 Date inspections initiated: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated two inspections on Sept. 2, 2021, after receiving a referral from the Freeland Borough’s Office ...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division is continuing its multi-year education and enforcement initiative to increase compliance with federal labor laws in the Southeast’s agricultural industry. In addition to enforcement activity, the initiative provides compliance assistance to employers and educates workers and other stakeholders.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a supplemental award of $800,000 in funds to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands’ Department of Labor - Workforce Investment Agency Division to support continued pandemic-related, disaster-relief employment.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: HARTFORD, CT - A federal court entered a consent order that requires two Fairfield County restaurants and their owners - who used threats of retaliation to coerce nine workers to kick back thousands of dollars of back wages and liquidated damages recovered by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division - to pay $150,000 to those employees.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: DALLAS - As minor-aged workers seek to make extra cash by working more hours during spring recess, their employers should take the opportunity to review federal child labor laws to avoid violations and costly penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: SCOTTSDALE, AZ - The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered a Scottsdale, Arizona-based ammunition manufacturer to pay compensatory damages, back wages and associated costs to an employee forced from its board of directors after reporting potentially illegal stock transactions.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, NY - The U.S. Department of Labor filed suit against a New York ophthalmologist and his practice in Amsterdam for allegedly firing an employee who raised concerns about the practice’s failure to implement state-mandated protocols to protect employees from COVID-19, and later filed complaints with state health officials.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee and U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chair of the Special Committee on Aging, commended the U.S. Department of Education for launching a historic initiative to help...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: Employer: Chong’s Restaurant Investigation site: 5136 Hinkleville Road, Paducah, Kentucky 42001 Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found the employer failed to pay overtime to workers for hours worked over 40 in a workweek. They also determined ...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after a Texas federal judge overturned a Department of Labor (DOL) final rule that rescinded a Trump-era rule clarifying the classification of workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A federal court has ordered a Philadelphia home healthcare staffing agency and its owner to pay nearly $410,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 43 employees after U.S. Department of Labor investigators found that the employer misclassified workers as independent contractors.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, as the nation observes Equal Pay Day - the day through which U.S. women typically must work to be paid the same wages men received in 2021 - the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs issued a new directive to promote greater contractor attention concerning the proactive and effective use of pay equity audits to identify barriers to equal pay in their pay-setting and employment practices.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
Release: Employer: Strong Industries Inc. 3204 Point Township Drive #8866 Northumberland, PA 17857 Citations issued: 2 repeat and 1 serious violations Proposed penalties: $98,905 Investigation findings: Based on Strong Industries’ inadequate abatement of hazards identified during a previous inspection, ...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Known as the “Air Capital of the World," the Wichita, Kansas, area is home to some of the world’s largest aerospace manufacturers, so there was a significant ripple effect in the region after the grounding of the Boeing 737 in 2020. Two years later, industry layoffs continue to affect more than 9,000 workers, prompting the U.S. Department of Labor to provide funding to help workers in six counties prepare for new employment opportunities.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, NY - The U.S. Department of Labor filed suit against a New York ophthalmologist and his practice in Amsterdam for allegedly firing an employee who raised concerns about the practice's failure to implement state-mandated protocols to protect employees from COVID-19, and later filed complaints with state health officials.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor will offer online compliance seminars for contracting agencies, contractors, unions, workers and other stakeholders to provide information on the requirements governing payment of prevailing wages on federally funded construction and service contracts.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A federal investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that a Smithfield company could have prevented a worker from suffering fatal head injuries while the worker repaired a cement truck on Oct. 21, 2021.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
