By DOL Newswire | Feb 20, 2022
News Release: DALHART, TX - Each year, hundreds of agricultural workers enter the U.S. with an H-2A visa and make the long trip toward the Texas Panhandle’s far northwest corner. In the small town of Dalhart at Larsen Farms - a sprawling potato farm operated by one of the nation’s largest growers - they work under an open sky, some spending long days in the hot sun harvesting the crop and repairing farm equipment while others keep warehouses operating.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 18, 2022
Release: Employer name: Lubbock Essential Home Health Care Inc., operating as Essential Home Health
By DOL Newswire | Feb 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC ‒ U.S. healthcare workers experienced a staggering 249 percent increase in injury and illness rates in 2020, based on employer-reported data, as they encountered serious safety and health hazards while serving those in need and labored countless hours battling the pandemic. In fact, healthcare and social assistance workers combined for more injuries and illnesses than any other industry in the nation.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 18, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON - Following a federal court order, the U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $139,068 in back wages and liquidated damages owed for 21 workers whose Houston employer misclassified them as independent contractors and failed to pay overtime wages.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 18, 2022
The US Labor Department published a one page proposed rule on Feb. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of a $4.5 million cooperative agreement with Pact Inc., an international nonprofit organization, to combat child labor in mica-producing communities in Madagascar.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 18, 2022
News Release: WEST COLUMBIA, SC - The U.S. Department of Labor found a West Columbia home healthcare provider shortchanged 36 employees who provide companionship and personal care for seniors, people with cognitive disorders, mothers of newborns and others who need assistance, by denying them the overtime wages they earned.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
The US Labor Department published a four page notice on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
The US Labor Department published a four page notice on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC ‒ U.S. healthcare workers experienced a staggering 249 percent increase in injury and illness rates in 2020, based on employer-reported data, as they encountered serious safety and health hazards while serving those in need and labored countless hours battling the pandemic. In fact, healthcare and social assistance workers combined for more injuries and illnesses than any other industry in the nation.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 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 the Biden Administration providing $415 million in student debt relief to over 15,000 defrauded student loan borrowers. This includes $10.91 million in relief for defrauded student loan borrowers from Washington state.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
The US Labor Department published a five page proposed rule on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The historic investment in our nation’s aging infrastructure made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - signed by President Biden on Nov. 15, 2021 - will have a significant impact on those involved in federal construction contracts.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
