By DOL Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
Release: Employer name: Sandpiper Autobody Investigation site: 470 W. State St. Pleasant Grove, UT 84062 Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found Sandpiper Autobody in Pleasant Grove misclassified 13 technicians as independent contractors, and failed to pay the ...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration has published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to revise its standards for occupational exposure to lead.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON - On Jan. 26, 2022, a 21-year-old roofing worker suffered fatal injuries after falling about 30 feet through a skylight atop a Houston building, a fatality that a Burleson contractor could have been prevented if they had heeded a U.S. Department of Labor citation issued one month earlier.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on June 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
There was activity on four bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on June 28.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on June 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: MANASQUAN, NJ - A federal investigation has found that a popular chain of sandwich shops allowed 14- and 15-year-old workers to work beyond and outside hours permitted by child labor laws.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: Today, Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Republican Leader Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a rescheduled joint subcommittee hearing to examine the policies and priorities of the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: Employer: Controlled Blasting Inc. 1159 Finch Road Winder, GA 30680 Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found Controlled Blasting Inc. - a blasting, demolition and construction contractor in Winder - allowed three 16- and 17-year-old employees to ...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 28, 2022
News Release: WEST PALM BEACH, FL - A federal court in Miami has sentenced the former medical director of a West Palm Beach residential addiction recovery center to prison and ordered more than $31 million in restitution paid as part of a healthcare scheme to obtain reimbursement for $106 million in false claims to more than 80 private insurance companies and federal healthcare benefit programs.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 28, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration has published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to revise its standards for occupational exposure to lead.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 28, 2022
News Release: PEORIA, IL - Federal workplace safety inspectors investigating the fatal fall of a 50-year-old journeyman electrician at Caterpillar’s Mapleton foundry have determined that the lead contractor and a nested Caterpillar electrical contractor exposed workers to fall hazards.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 28, 2022
News Release: Employer: A&G Auto Service and Repair Inc. operating as Magic Wheels Auto World Inc. 15252 Spring Hill Drive, Brooksville, FL 34604 Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found A&G Auto Service and Repair Inc. paid a salary for all hours employees worked ...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 28, 2022
News Release: Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC); Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC); Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA); and Employment and Workplace Safety...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 28, 2022
News Release: (Washington, DC) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to news that Secretary of Health Becerra, Secretary of Labor Walsh, and Secretary of the Treasury Yellen sent a letter to group health plans and health insurance issuers reminding them of their obligations under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to provide coverage for contraceptive services at no cost.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 28, 2022
The House of Representatives section of the Congressional Record published “LGBTQI+ DATA INCLUSION ACT” on June 23.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 28, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Recognizing the importance of planning, preparing and training for safety on the job site, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, PARIC Corp., local labor unions and project developer Oliver Street Partners LLC have signed a strategic partnership to promote worker safety and health during the historic renovation of the Butler Brothers Building project in downtown St. Louis.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 28, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - As Independence Day approaches, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration urges employers in the fireworks and pyrotechnics industry to be vigilant and protect workers from hazards while manufacturing, storing, transporting, displaying and selling fireworks for public events.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 28, 2022
News Release: MADISON, WI ‒ Recognizing the need to continue fostering safe industry work practices and educate employers and workers on the industry’s deadly hazards, the Wisconsin Agri-Business Association has renewed its alliance with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration offices in Appleton, Eau Claire, Madison and Milwaukee. Signed June 27, 2022, the five-year renewal continues an alliance first signed in May 2020.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 27, 2022
News Release: US Department of Labor signs partnership to promote construction safety
