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What did Labor Department publish on Aug. 5?

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Aug. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


US Department of Labor announces alliance with national organization  of equal opportunity professionals to promote workplace diversity

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an alliance with the American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity to promote the inclusion of people with disabilities in the national organization’s workplace equity efforts.


US Department of Labor cites Tavares contractor after finding employer willfully bypassed safety measures that led to worker’s fatal electrocution

News Release: TAVARES, FL – In the early afternoon of March 2, 2021, a 44-year-old electrical technician at an Orlando work site climbed down into a trench to splice electrical wires to power streetlights. Not long after, the worker made contact with live wires and suffered fatal electrocution, a death the U.S. Department ...


North Carolina farm labor contractor violates recruiting, pay, migrant housing laws at Delaware melon picking, packing sites

News Release: PHILADELPHIA – A North Carolina farm labor contractor that hired temporary workers to pick and pack melons in southern Delaware violated federal law when it employed them in jobs not listed in its application to hire foreign guest workers, failed to provide required kitchen facilities or meals, paid insufficient wages and housed workers in overcrowded living quarters, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has found.


US Department of Labor cites Central New Jersey medical facility,  staffing agency for exposing nurses to coronavirus hazards

News Release: LAKEWOOD, NJ – A Central New Jersey medical facility and temporary staffing agency failed to ensure the safety and health of nurses giving flu shots and testing potentially infectious patients for the coronavirus earlier this year, a U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigation has found.


US Department of Labor finds Mount Dora, Orange City restaurants  used servers’ tips to pay back-of-house workers illegally

News Release: MOUNT DORA, FL – Diners at Fiesta Grande Mexican Grill locations in Mount Dora and Orange City never knew that the restaurants’ operator was sharing tips intended for servers with cooks in violation of federal laws regulating the use of money in tip pools.


US Department of Labor announces alliance with national organization  of equal opportunity professionals to promote workplace diversity

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an alliance with the American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity to promote the inclusion of people with disabilities in the national organization’s workplace equity efforts.


US Department of Labor cites Central New Jersey medical facility,  staffing agency for exposing nurses to coronavirus hazards

News Release: LAKEWOOD, NJ – A Central New Jersey medical facility and temporary staffing agency failed to ensure the safety and health of nurses giving flu shots and testing potentially infectious patients for the coronavirus earlier this year, a U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigation has found.


US Department of Labor cites Tavares contractor after finding employer willfully bypassed safety measures that led to worker’s fatal electrocution

News Release: TAVARES, FL – In the early afternoon of March 2, 2021, a 44-year-old electrical technician at an Orlando work site climbed down into a trench to splice electrical wires to power streetlights. Not long after, the worker made contact with live wires and suffered fatal electrocution, a death the U.S. Department ...


US Department of Labor finds Mount Dora, Orange City restaurants  used servers’ tips to pay back-of-house workers illegally

News Release: MOUNT DORA, FL – Diners at Fiesta Grande Mexican Grill locations in Mount Dora and Orange City never knew that the restaurants’ operator was sharing tips intended for servers with cooks in violation of federal laws regulating the use of money in tip pools.


North Carolina farm labor contractor violates recruiting, pay, migrant housing laws at Delaware melon picking, packing sites

News Release: PHILADELPHIA – A North Carolina farm labor contractor that hired temporary workers to pick and pack melons in southern Delaware violated federal law when it employed them in jobs not listed in its application to hire foreign guest workers, failed to provide required kitchen facilities or meals, paid insufficient wages and housed workers in overcrowded living quarters, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has found.


Labor Department publishes notice on Aug. 4

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Aug. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published by Labor Department on Aug. 4

The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Aug. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Proposed rule published on Aug. 4 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a one page proposed rule on Aug. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


US Department of Labor recovers $284K in back wages after investigation finds Albuquerque restaurant underpaid tipped workers

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, NM –The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $284,219 in back wages for 163 employees of Pappas Restaurants Inc. after an investigation found violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act ’s minimum wage and overtime requirements.


US Department of Labor recovers $70K in back wages for 71 security guards after investigation at Central New Mexico Community College

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Employers may request that workers arrive before their shifts begin for briefings but workers must be paid for that time, a lesson that a New Mexico community college learned after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation.


US Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh statement on Hawbaker Inc. plea  and sentencing for theft in Pennsylvania

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh today issued a statement on Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s announcement that Glenn O. Hawbaker Inc. has today pleaded to and been sentenced for theft relating to violations of the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act and the federal Davis-Bacon Act.


US Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh statement on Hawbaker Inc. plea  and sentencing for theft in Pennsylvania

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh today issued a statement on Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s announcement that Glenn O. Hawbaker Inc. has today pleaded to and been sentenced for theft relating to violations of the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act and the federal Davis-Bacon Act.


US Department of Labor recovers $70K in back wages for 71 security guards after investigation at Central New Mexico Community College

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Employers may request that workers arrive before their shifts begin for briefings but workers must be paid for that time, a lesson that a New Mexico community college learned after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation.


US Department of Labor recovers $284K in back wages after investigation finds Albuquerque restaurant underpaid tipped workers

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, NM –The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $284,219 in back wages for 163 employees of Pappas Restaurants Inc. after an investigation found violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act ’s minimum wage and overtime requirements.