By DOL Newswire | Jul 2, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement regarding the termination of the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers Program:
By DOL Newswire | Jul 2, 2022
News Release: SULPHUR SPRINGS, TX - A federal workplace safety investigation found that a temporary worker suffered serious injuries on Jan. 3, 2022, after being struck by a large mold at a Texas concrete polymer manufacturing company. It was determined that the employer failed to install machine guards that would have prevented the incident.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 2, 2022
News Release: MORTON, MS - Work in a poultry processing plant is hard: the hours are often long and the jobs expose workers to serious safety and health hazards. In return for subjecting themselves to high noise levels, dangerous equipment, slippery floors, hazardous chemicals and biological dangers, and the common risks of musculoskeletal disorders, a Mississippi worker’s mean annual wage is less than $30,000.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Keller (R-PA) sent a letter to Labor Department Secretary Marty Walsh opposing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) proposed rule which ignores worker privacy and revives controversial Obama-era recordkeeping regulations.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: CONNEAUT, OH - An Ohio aluminum vehicle parts manufacturer cited for safety and health violations after a worker in Ravenna suffered fatal injuries in March 2021, continues to put workers at risk.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
There were 34 press releases published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in June.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor marked the 50th anniversary of the enactment of Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 with a roundtable discussion at its “Celebrating Title IX" webinar hosted by the department’s Women’s Bureau.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced its Veterans’ Employment and Training Service has signed a memorandum of understanding with eight organizations to serve as partners in support of VETS’ Employment Navigator and Partnership Pilot.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $62,568 in back wages and liquidated damages for 22 current and former cashiers of two Alabama gas stations whose operator denied them their full wages by paying them overtime at rates lower than the law requires.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: CENTER, TX - A federal investigation recovered $247,334 in back wages and liquidated damages for 15 workers of a Texas oil pipeline construction company whose pay practices denied them their full wages, including overtime. The workers were employed at the company’s Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas job sites.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
The Extensions of Remarks section of the Congressional Record published “IN HONOR OF THE LIFE OF MR. SEAN SANFORD SIMS” on July 1.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: HONOLULU - A federal investigation has recovered $117,710 in back wages and liquidated damages for 70 workers of a restaurant group in Hawaii that required servers to share their tips with managers, after the employer reduced managers’ salaries by at least 25 percent. The restaurant operators attempted to make up for the reduction in managers’ salaries by drawing from tipped workers’ wages, in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division and Office of the Chief Information Officer today launched an app for use on Android devices that helps track work hours, break time, overtime hours and calculates wages due. The department previously launched the iOS version of the division’s Timesheet App.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: MIDDLEBURG, FL - A U.S. Department of Labor investigation into a roof collapse that caused a 43-year-old laborer’s fatal injuries at a Middleburg work site on Dec. 13, 2021, found the employer failed to follow required safety standards that might have prevented the incident.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 1, 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), hosted a virtual roundtable with Washington state abortion providers to hear directly about their experiences in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: Employer: Smoky Hearth LLC Investigation site: 16607 Champion Way #100 Sandy, OR 97055 Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found Smoky Hearth LLC - operator of the Smoky Hearth Restaurant Bar and Grill - kept all tips earned by tipped employees and ...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: SULPHUR SPRINGS, TX - A federal workplace safety investigation found that a temporary worker suffered serious injuries on Jan. 3, 2022, after being struck by a large mold at a Texas concrete polymer manufacturing company. It was determined that the employer failed to install machine guards that would have prevented the incident.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Overtime wages owed to 215 security professionals who patrol Indianapolis International Airport’s grounds, guard local businesses, and provide round-the-clock traffic control in the area were paid following an investigation and litigation by the U.S. Department of Labor.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 30, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 30, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh restaurant and distillery used its tip pool improperly - requiring servers to share tips with managers and supervisors- in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act , a federal investigation has found.
