By DOL Newswire | Mar 10, 2022
News Release: NEW KENSINGTON, PA - A federal court has approved a consent judgment ordering a New Kensington landscaping company and its owner to pay $150,000 in back wages and penalties after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found the employer willfully denied overtime pay to its workers.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 10, 2022
News Release: GOSHEN, IN - At 18 locations across Indiana, a Goshen-based credit union failed to pay 34 mortgage loan advisors and mortgage loan originators the full overtime wages they were due.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 10, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 10, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), and Ranking Member, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), introduced the ARPA-H Act which would establish the Advanced Research Projects Authority for Health (ARPA-H), which would be housed...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 10, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, ahead of the one year anniversary of the American Rescue Plan being signed into law, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement on the impact of the Butch Lewis Emergency Pension Plan Relief...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 10, 2022
News Release: ADGER, AL - A federal workplace safety investigation into the fatal electrocutions of two 19-year-old apprentices in Adger on Aug. 31, 2021, found their employer might have prevented the incident by ensuring required safety standards were followed, and that adequate supervision and training was provided.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 10, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, ahead of the one year anniversary since the American Rescue Plan was signed into law, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the record number of Americans seeing lower health costs because of the health care tax credits she pushed to include in the legislation.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - In the first visit by a high-level U.S. Department of Labor official to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in nearly 20 years, Deputy Undersecretary of Labor for International Affairs Thea Lee met from Feb. 28 to March 2 with the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi, ...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), released the following statement on the inclusion of two bills to address the nation’s maternal mortality crisis as part of the omnibus.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), and Ranking Member, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), announced they are introducing the Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats, and Pandemics Act (PREVENT...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: YOUNGSTOWN, OH - A federal judge ordered American Made Bags LLC in Akron and its owner to pay a total of $189,756 - $94,893 in back wages and an equal amount in damages - to 48 employees after two separate federal investigations found numerous illegal pay practices.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Each year, state prisons release approximately 573,000 people who need the resources and support to re-enter and find stable employment in their communities successfully.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: HANNIBAL, MO - A federal administrative law judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered a Hannibal cement company to pay a worker the company penalized for assisting federal safety investigators during a site visit.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg today announced a partnership with the signing of a memorandum of understanding to promote the creation of good infrastructure and transportation jobs with a focus on equitable workforce development using funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: UPPER DARBY, PA - A federal court has ordered an Upper Darby home healthcare agency to pay $4,544,872 in back wages and liquidated damages after U.S. Department of Labor investigators found that the employer misclassified some workers as independent contractors, which denied 503 home health aides their rightfully earned overtime wages.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration today announced proposed amendments in its procedures governing the filing and processing of Prohibited Transaction Exemption applications.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: BUENA PARK, CA - A U.S. Department of Labor investigation recovered $158,096 in back wages and liquidated damages for employees of a global medical products manufacturer that failed to pay workers, putting many of them at risk of being unable to provide for their basic needs.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - While the causes are many and the remedies sometimes complex, the reality for young people from ages 10 to 24 in the nation’s underserved communities is sadly simple: violence and poverty is stopping many from realizing their potential and blocking access to equity in education and employment.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: WALTERBORO, SC - A U.S. Department of Labor investigation found a Walterboro landscaping company failed to reimburse workers employed in the U.S. under the H-2B guest worker program for their travel costs and failed to pay wage rates as required.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 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, released the following statement on a provision she secured in the omnibus, which grants the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority to regulate synthetic nicotine.
