By DOL Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
The US Labor Department published a six page rule on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Deputy Undersecretary of Labor for International Affairs Thea Lee visited Colombia from Nov. 27 to Dec. 1 to promote workers’ rights and protections, and to meet with Colombia’s labor and trade officials in the new Gustavo Petro administration and discuss progress on labor commitments under the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Nov. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: AVONDALE, PA - A federal court has approved a consent judgment ordering a Southeast Pennsylvania restaurant to pay a total of $193,817 to 68 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found the employer denied all of the wages owed them by law.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: MIDDLEFIELD, OH - Twice in six days in June 2022, federal safety inspectors observed a Middlefield roofing contractor exposing workers to deadly fall hazards at two separate job sites in Tallmadge and Columbia Station, continuing a pattern of disregard for workplace safety dating back to 2019.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, WV - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division today announced an extension of the deadline for submitting prevailing wage survey by West Virginia’s highway construction industry employers to Dec. 18, 2022.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - To help remove academic and training barriers faced by young people, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $90 million funding opportunity in YouthBuild Program grants to support pre-apprenticeships in high-demand industries including construction, healthcare, information technology and hospitality.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is seeking nominations for membership on the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the launch of its second annual Chief Evaluation Office Summer Fellowship, and welcomes applications from emerging researchers to work as fellows in 2023.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: America’s ongoing worker shortage is forcing employers to reimagine how they identify qualified workers. Fewer employers are requiring a baccalaureate degree because arbitrary degree requirements restrict qualified applicants.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of a $12 million cooperative agreement to the American Center for International Labor Solidarity to strengthen democratic, independent workers’ organizations in Brazil, Colombia and Peru.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Nov. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: POOLER, GA - Following a workplace safety inspection, federal investigators determined a Pooler location of a national discount retailer stacked and stored merchandise unsafely, exposing workers to struck-by hazards from falling boxes and preventing them from exiting the store quickly in an emergency.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Nov. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
Release: Participants: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration
By DOL Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: BOISE, ID - A federal court and the department’s Office of Administrative Law Judges have ordered an Oakley stone quarry to pay $983,725 in back wages and liquidated damages after U.S. Department of Labor investigators found that the employer violated multiple federal labor laws, which denied 60 workers their rightfully earned wages.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: APPLETON, WI - An Appleton contractor with a long history of exposing employees to dangerous fall hazards now faces $349,371 in additional penalties after U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors observed roofing workers at heights greater than 6 feet at risk of serious or fatal injuries at two Appleton-area jobsites in May and June 2022.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), led a mark-up to advance nominees to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Department of Labor (DOL), and Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC).
By DOL Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: Employers: Fa Fa 318 LLC and Sanxi Inc., operators of Japan House restaurants
By DOL Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: POOLER, GA - Following a workplace safety inspection, federal investigators determined a Pooler location of a national discount retailer stacked and stored merchandise unsafely, exposing workers to struck-by hazards from falling boxes and preventing them from exiting the store quickly in an emergency.
