By DOL Newswire | Jul 27, 2022
There are two releases scheduled to be published on July 28.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 27, 2022
News Release: DAVIE, FL - In 2018, federal workplace safety investigators cited a Pompano Beach roofing contractor who exposed its workers to the construction industry's most lethal hazard, falls from elevation. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration determined that the company's failure to heed that warning claimed the life of a 25-year-old worker in February 2022.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 26, 2022
News Release: GULF BREEZE, FL - A federal investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor at a Gulf Breeze restaurant found several pay practice and child labor violations, including the failure to pay sushi chefs overtime wages due and the employment of 15-year-old workers for more hours per week than the law allows.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 26, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an incremental award of $1.3 million to the Cherokee Nation to support continued disaster-relief employment and employment and training services in response to the coronavirus pandemic’s effects on its people.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 26, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on July 27.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 26, 2022
News Release: FRANKLIN PARK, NJ - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has recovered $115,801 in back wages and damages for 36 workers after an investigation found their employer denied them overtime pay at two New Jersey car washes.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 25, 2022
There are four releases scheduled to be published on July 26.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 24, 2022
There was one notice published by the Labor Department in week ending July 9, according to the Federal Register.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 23, 2022
News Release: Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to America asking the country to take a stand against the Biden administration’s reckless student loan agenda. Since taking office, President Biden has forgiven massive amounts of student loans through backdoors-ignoring the will of Congress and the best interests of taxpayers.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 23, 2022
News Release: DALLAS - To prevent the dangers of heat illness as summer heat descends on the Southwest’s farmworkers, the U.S. Department of Labor is taking immediate measures to raise awareness of the hazards faced by those working to maintain the nation’s food supply.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 23, 2022
News Release: MAUI - A federal investigation has recovered $290,314 in rightfully earned wages and damages owed to 95 workers after the pay practices of their employer - the operator of five Maui food truck-restaurants - willfully denied them their full wages.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 23, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. government today requested the Mexican government review whether the rights of free association and collective bargaining have been denied to workers at the VU Manufacturing parts facility in Piedras Negras, Coahuila.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 23, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on July 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 23, 2022
News Release: BILLINGS, MT - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has certified Team Inc., which performs nondestructive testing at the Phillips 66 Refinery in Billings, as a “Star" employer in the agency’s Voluntary Protection Programs.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 23, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division is asking the highway construction industry of Georgia to participate in a survey to help the agency establish prevailing wage rates, as required under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 23, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Education and Labor Committee on July 22.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 23, 2022
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on July 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 23, 2022
News Release: ORLANDO, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed $330,446 in penalties to a Family Dollar store in Orlando after an investigation into a fatal shoplifting incident uncovered willful and repeat safety violations.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 23, 2022
The US Labor Department published a five page notice on July 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 23, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh and Spain’s Second Vice President and Minister of Labor and Social Economy Yolanda Díaz Pérez met in Washington on July 20, 2022, to sign a Memorandum of Understanding that reasserts both countries’ commitment to addressing a wide range of concerns affecting workers and underserved populations.
