By DOL Newswire | Jul 13, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the selection of the initial cohort of 207 officials and organizations chosen to serve as Apprenticeship Ambassadors to share their experiences and collaborate with the department to champion apprenticeship opportunities.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 13, 2022
News Release: PORT SAINT LUCIE, FL - A fall from elevation, the leading cause of death in the construction industry, has claimed another victim; this time a 19-year-old worker in Port Saint Lucie whose fatal injuries in January 2022 - a federal workplace safety investigation has determined - could have been prevented if their employer used required fall protection.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 13, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), issued the following statement announcing that they will seek to pass their Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act of 2022 by unanimous consent this Thursday.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 13, 2022
News Release: Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC) sent a letter to Education Department Secretary Miguel Cardona following the Department’s release of its 750-page Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), requesting additional time for public comment on the far-reaching-and costly-changes to federal student loan programs.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 13, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - In an effort to better understand long COVID-19 in U.S. workplaces, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Surgeon General are inviting the public to join a national online dialogue beginning today to gather ideas to better support workers coping with symptoms, their co-workers and their employers.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 13, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) led a group of their Democratic colleagues, including Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), ...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 13, 2022
News Release: PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL - Federal workplace safety inspectors examining how a 26-year-old diver drowned in a golf course pond - after only three days working for a Freming Island commercial diving and recovery company - found the employer failed to follow required safety standards, including ensuring adequate supervision was in place and that required training was provided.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 13, 2022
There are two releases scheduled to be published on July 14.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 13, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division is asking the heavy construction industry in New Hampshire 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 13, 2022
There was activity on three bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on July 12.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
News Release: ELIZABETH, NJ - The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $353,945 in back wages and liquidated damages for 79 sales associates at 12 New Jersey T-Mobile locations whose owners willfully denied the employees overtime wages for hours over 40 in workweek.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on July 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
News Release: PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL - Federal workplace safety inspectors examining how a 26-year-old diver drowned in a golf course pond - after only three days working for a Freming Island commercial diving and recovery company - found the employer failed to follow required safety standards, including ensuring adequate supervision was in place and that required training was provided.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA- As temperatures and humidity rise in Delaware, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration reminds employers and workers not to ignore the dangers of working in hot weather - indoors and out - and remember, “Water. Rest. Shade." can be the difference between ending the workday safely or suffering serious conditions or worse.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
News Release: DENVER - To target one of the construction industry’s most dangerous hazards - falls from elevation - the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched a new initiative to conduct safety investigations on weekends in select counties in Colorado’s Front Range, Montana, and South Dakota.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA- As temperatures and humidity rise in Northeastern Pennsylvania, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration reminds employers and workers not to ignore the dangers of working in hot weather - indoors and out - and remember, “Water. Rest. Shade." can be the difference between ending the workday safely or suffering serious conditions or worse.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA- As temperatures and humidity rise in Central Pennsylvania, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration reminds employers and workers not to ignore the dangers of working in hot weather - indoors and out - and remember, “Water. Rest. Shade." can be the difference between ending the workday safely or suffering serious conditions or worse.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
News Release: Employer: Zapopan Mexican Food Investigation site: 14207 Palm Drive Suite 102 Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240 Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found Zapopan Restaurants Inc. - operating as Zapopan Mexican Food - paid employees regular hourly rates ...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal investigation has recovered $166,435 in back wages for 106 workers of a Houston company that misclassified them as independent contractors, which deprived the workers of their full benefits and wages, including overtime.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor held a panel discussion today on the 50-year legacy of the Report of the National Commission on State Workmen’s Compensation Laws and whether the workers’ compensation system is fulfilling its obligation to injured workers, at its Frances Perkins Building headquarters in Washington.
