By Labor Gazette | May 27, 2021
News Release: DURHAM, NC – Federal wage laws ensure that government contractors fulfill their legal obligations, among them paying required wage rates and fringe benefits to workers employed with federal funds to provide services to the government. When contractors violate these laws, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division acts.
By Labor Gazette | May 27, 2021
News Release: TAMPA, FL – Restaurant workers who prepare and serve sushi take great care to provide their customers a great experience. A recent investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor found the operator of one Tampa sushi restaurant less than careful in how it paid wages to 12 kitchen workers and a manager.
By Labor Gazette | May 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the selection of five teams and individuals to analyze how federal labor policies, protections and programs reach historically underserved communities.
By Labor Gazette | May 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to rescind the final rule on “Labor Organization Annual Financial Reports for Trusts in which a Labor Organization is Interested, Form T-1.” On March 29, 2021, the department announced that it would propose ...
By Labor Gazette | May 26, 2021
News Release: TAMPA, FL – Home healthcare aides are among the nation’s lowest wage earners. Many depend on receiving every dollar they’ve earned, including overtime wages, so when their employer fails to comply with federal labor laws and shorts their pay, it hits their wallets particularly hard. A U.S. Department ...
By Labor Gazette | May 26, 2021
News Release: JACKSON, MS – While some employers’ misunderstanding of federal wage and hour laws may lead to violations, there are others whose actions show they intended to shortchange workers deliberately and, by doing so, gain an unfair advantage over their law-abiding competitors.
By Labor Gazette | May 26, 2021
News Release: MANCHESTER, NH – Two Manchester restaurants and their owner and manager have paid $263,743 in back wages to 68 employees to resolve numerous willful violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act found in a federal investigation. The U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire ordered the resolution ...
By Labor Gazette | May 26, 2021
News Release: PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL – With summer approaching, employers planning to employ teenagers should familiarize themselves with the Fair Labor Standards Act ’s child labor provisions to avoid the violations and costly penalties incurred by a Panama City Beach scooter rental business operator.
By Labor Gazette | May 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the selection of five teams and individuals to analyze how federal labor policies, protections and programs reach historically underserved communities.
By Labor Gazette | May 26, 2021
News Release: PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL – With summer approaching, employers planning to employ teenagers should familiarize themselves with the Fair Labor Standards Act ’s child labor provisions to avoid the violations and costly penalties incurred by a Panama City Beach scooter rental business operator.
By Labor Gazette | May 26, 2021
News Release: MANCHESTER, NH – Two Manchester restaurants and their owner and manager have paid $263,743 in back wages to 68 employees to resolve numerous willful violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act found in a federal investigation. The U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire ordered the resolution ...
By Labor Gazette | May 26, 2021
News Release: JACKSON, MS – While some employers’ misunderstanding of federal wage and hour laws may lead to violations, there are others whose actions show they intended to shortchange workers deliberately and, by doing so, gain an unfair advantage over their law-abiding competitors.
By Labor Gazette | May 26, 2021
News Release: TAMPA, FL – Home healthcare aides are among the nation’s lowest wage earners. Many depend on receiving every dollar they’ve earned, including overtime wages, so when their employer fails to comply with federal labor laws and shorts their pay, it hits their wallets particularly hard. A U.S. Department ...
By Labor Gazette | May 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to rescind the final rule on “Labor Organization Annual Financial Reports for Trusts in which a Labor Organization is Interested, Form T-1.” On March 29, 2021, the department announced that it would propose ...
By Labor Gazette | May 26, 2021
The US Labor Department published a seven page notice on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | May 26, 2021
The US Labor Department published a seven page notice on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | May 26, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | May 25, 2021
News Release: MANCHESTER, OH – When the Killen Power Generation Station’s building collapsed unexpectedly on Dec. 9, 2020, its steel beams fell on and killed two workers employed to demolish the facility – a laborer cutting steel and a truck driver preparing to move the scrap metal off-site.
By Labor Gazette | May 25, 2021
News Release: NASHVILLE, TN – A 16-year-old boy doing roof construction atop a hotel work site more than 11 stories above the ground climbed over a barrier at the roof line and attempted to jump onto a power-driven hoisting device next to the building. The teen missed the platform, slipped through a gap between the scaffolding and the building and fell about 160 feet to his death.
By Labor Gazette | May 25, 2021
News Release: NASHVILLE, TN – A 16-year-old boy doing roof construction atop a hotel work site more than 11 stories above the ground climbed over a barrier at the roof line and attempted to jump onto a power-driven hoisting device next to the building. The teen missed the platform, slipped through a gap between the scaffolding and the building and fell about 160 feet to his death.
