By DOL Newswire | Sep 29, 2022
Release: Employer: Heart2Heart Homecare Service Inc. Investigation site: 483 John R. Junkin Drive Natchez, MS 39120 Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found the employer - a third-party entity that provides workers to private homes needing assistance - failed ...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 29, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) latest report detailing the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Administration for Children and Families’ cover-up of its endangerment of countless unaccompanied children at the southern border...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 29, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on Sept. 30.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 29, 2022
There are two releases scheduled to be published on Sept. 30.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 29, 2022
Release: WHO: Marvin Fargo, North Dakota WHAT: Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Voluntary Protection Program Star Level Designation BACKGROUND: The company earned recognition for their commitment to safety and health programs leading to designation as Star Level VPP site. Marvin employs ...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 29, 2022
News Release: SAN JOSE, CA - The U.S. Department of Labor has assessed $139,398, in penalties to a Silicon Valley delivery company that brings consumers specialty foods from well-known restaurants, bakeries, cafes and other California providers for hiring dozens of minor-aged workers as drivers, a prohibited occupation under federal child labor laws.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 29, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor has announced updated and new tools designed to eliminate child and forced labor worldwide by detailing the scope and potential sources of the problems, and providing guidance to those combating them.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 29, 2022
News Release: TULSA, OK - A federal investigation into the pay practices of a Tulsa security company has recovered $103,979, in back wages for 55 current and former employees denied their rights to overtime pay for hours over 40 in a workweek.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 29, 2022
News Release: BELLWOOD, IL - A federal workplace safety inspection found a Chicago-area candy manufacturer’s long history of violations for machine safety requirements continues after the company exposed workers to amputation hazards and failed to utilize lockout procedures for the third time in five years at its Bellwood site.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
There are three releases scheduled to be published on Sept. 29.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
Release: Lisa Kelly, de la División de Horas y Salarios de la oficina de Nashville y Carlos I. Giralt Cabrales del Consulado de México en Little Rock se unen a Michael Speer y Hanz Grünauer de la división para renovar una alianza para proteger a los trabajadores mexicanos.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
Release: Employer name: Primeforce Inc., operating as Elite Workforce Management
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
Release: Employer: Stat Etc. Inc. Operating as Queen City Home and Medical Staffing Investigation site: 530 E. Innes St. Salisbury, NC 28144 Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found the employer paid straight-time rates for all hours worked. By doing so, ...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
Release: Lisa Kelly, of the Wage and Hour Division’s Nashville office and Carlos I. Giralt Cabrales of Mexican Consulate in Little Rock join the division’s Michael Speer and Hanz Grünauer to renew an alliance to protect native Mexican workers.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
Release: Employer name: Omega Drywall Company Inc.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment that will recover $9.3 million in back wages and liquidated damages for 1,756 employees of a Philadelphia healthcare staffing company that misclassified them and willfully denied their hard-earned overtime pay.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: ASHLAND, AL - A federal workplace safety investigation into a maintenance technician’s fatal electrocution found an Ashland cabinet manufacturer might have prevented the incident by following required safety standards.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A heavy equipment operator doing demolition on the eighth floor of the Government Center garage in downtown Boston died on March 26, 2022, when the partially demolished floor collapsed, and the 11,000-pound excavator and its operator fell 80 feet. It was the employee’s first day on the job.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
News Release: NASHVILLE, TN - A Nashville resort and conference center has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor in which the employer will pay $630,722, in back wages and interest to resolve allegations that they discriminated against 250 Black, Asian and female applicants for housekeeping positions during a two-year period.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2022
Release: Employer: Tucker Brewing Co. LLC Investigation site: 2003 S. Bibb Drive Tucker, GA 30084 Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found the employer retaliated illegally against two employees after each of them emailed the Tucker Brewing Co.’s owner and asked ...
