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News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh will travel to Europe next week to meet with government and business leaders at the 2023 World Economic Forum in Davos, visit one of Europe’s foremost job training centers in Zurich, and learn more about apprenticeship programs in Austria.

Statement by Secretary Walsh on the Telecommunications Workforce Interagency Group’s release of its report to Congress

News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh today issued a statement regarding the release of the Telecommunications Workforce Interagency Group’s report to Congress

Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Annual Adjustments for 2023 discussed on Jan. 13 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a one page rule on Jan. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration publishes 17 press releases in December 2022

There were 17 press releases published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in December 2022.

US Department of Labor finds contractor continues to expose workers to potentially deadly falls, this time at Upper Saddle River worksite

News Release: TRENTON, NJ - Less than four months after citing a Trenton roofing contractor for exposing unprotected workers to deadly fall hazards, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is once again holding the employer responsible for putting its workers’ safety at risk.

Department of Labor obtains judgment ordering auto parts seller, logistics company to pay $5.6M to 1,398 misclassified drivers

News Release: PHOENIX - A national auto parts distributor and an Arizona logistics firm that misclassified 1,398 drivers as independent contractors will pay them a total of $5.6 million in back wages and liquidated damages after the U.S. Department of Labor obtained a consent judgment in federal court.

US Department of Labor cites Eversource Energy Service Co. for willful,serious violations after fatal Beacon Hill arc flash, blast in Boston

News Release: BRAINTREE, MA - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Eversource Energy Service Co. for five violations of workplace safety standards after its investigation of a fatal arc flash and arc blast in Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood on July 12, 2022, that led to a worker's death.

US Department of Labor finds contractor continues to expose workers to potentially deadly falls, this time at Upper Saddle River worksite

News Release: TRENTON, NJ - Less than four months after citing a Trenton roofing contractor for exposing unprotected workers to deadly fall hazards, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is once again holding the employer responsible for putting its workers' safety at risk.

US Department of Labor cites Eversource Energy Service Co. for willful, serious violations after fatal Beacon Hill arc flash, blast in Boston

News Release: BRAINTREE, MA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Eversource Energy Service Co. for five violations of workplace safety standards after its investigation of a fatal arc flash and arc blast in Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood on July 12, 2022, that led to a worker’s death.

Labor Department publishes notice on Jan. 12

The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Jan. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

US Department of Labor awards $9.1M to New York to promote equitable access to state’s unemployment insurance system

News Release: WASHINGTON - To help identify and address barriers workers face regarding access to state unemployment insurance benefits, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $9.1 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding to the New York State Department of Labor.

US Department of Labor announces annual adjustments to OSHA civil penalties for 2023

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced changes to Occupational Safety and Health Administration civil penalty amounts based on cost-of-living adjustments for 2023.

Chairwoman Foxx Renews Oversight Inquiries

News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after she sent letters renewing congressional inquiries she began in the 117th Congress to federal agency heads under the Committee’s jurisdiction...

US Department of Labor announces mobile timesheet app now available for Spanish-speaking workers, employers to record, track, compute wages

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that the Spanish-language version of the department’s Timesheet App for iOS or Android devices - that tracks work hours, break time, overtime worked and calculates wages due - is now available for free download.

US Department of Labor recovers $179K in back wages, damages from owners of 10 Las Vegas restaurants that failed to pay 121 workers overtime wages

News Release: LAS VEGAS - The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $179,860 in back wages and liquidated damages from the owners of 10 Korean BBQ, sushi and hot pot restaurants in Las Vegas who failed to combine the hours of 121 employees when they worked at more than one location and did not pay workers overtime wages for the hours over 40 in a workweek.

Biden Clings to Emergency Powers

News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after the Biden administration announced it is extending the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) for a 12th time...

Care industry compliance initiative recovers $500K in back wages, damages for 48 workers after four Sacramento-area employers denied full wages