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
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on May 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | May 24, 2021
News Release: WARREN, MI – The Davis Bacon and Related Acts require contractors on federally funded projects to pay all laborers on site prevailing wage rates and benefits, and mandates that prime contractors make sure their subcontractors follow the rules.
By Labor Gazette | May 24, 2021
News Release: WEST COVINA, CA – An Ontario logistics provider of warehousing and distribution services for the home fashion and apparel industry told workers to record only 8 hours of labor each day regardless of how many hours they actually worked – a finding of the U.S. Department of Labor affirmed by a federal court in California recently.
By Labor Gazette | May 24, 2021
News Release: BOSTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a preliminary injunction in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts prohibiting a Canton contractor from retaliating against former and current employees who cooperate with the department’s Wage and Hour Division investigation or engage in other activity protected by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
By Labor Gazette | May 24, 2021
News Release: WEST COVINA, CA – An Ontario logistics provider of warehousing and distribution services for the home fashion and apparel industry told workers to record only 8 hours of labor each day regardless of how many hours they actually worked – a finding of the U.S. Department of Labor affirmed by a federal court in California recently.
By Labor Gazette | May 24, 2021
News Release: BOSTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a preliminary injunction in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts prohibiting a Canton contractor from retaliating against former and current employees who cooperate with the department’s Wage and Hour Division investigation or engage in other activity protected by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
By Labor Gazette | May 24, 2021
News Release: WARREN, MI – The Davis Bacon and Related Acts require contractors on federally funded projects to pay all laborers on site prevailing wage rates and benefits, and mandates that prime contractors make sure their subcontractors follow the rules.
By Labor Gazette | May 24, 2021
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | May 24, 2021
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | May 24, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | May 24, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | May 24, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | May 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The Departments of Labor and Homeland Security have published a joint temporary final rule making available an additional 22,000 H-2B temporary nonagricultural guest worker visas for fiscal year 2021 to employers who are likely to suffer irreparable harm without these additional workers. Of the supplemental visas, 6,000 are reserved for nationals of the Northern Triangle countries of Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.
By Labor Gazette | May 21, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, NM - The U.S. Department of Labor, in partnership with El Centro de Igualdad y Derechos and NM Comunidades En Acción Y De Fé(CAFé), the New Mexico Workforce Solutions and Somos Un Pueblo Unido will present a Spanish-language webinar on the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division ’s Essential Workers ‒ Essential Protections initiative on May 26 at 5 p.m. MT.
By Labor Gazette | May 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The Departments of Labor and Homeland Security have published a joint temporary final rule making available an additional 22,000 H-2B temporary nonagricultural guest worker visas for fiscal year 2021 to employers who are likely to suffer irreparable harm without these additional workers. Of the supplemental visas, 6,000 are reserved for nationals of the Northern Triangle countries of Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.
By Labor Gazette | May 21, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, NM - The U.S. Department of Labor, in partnership with El Centro de Igualdad y Derechos and NM Comunidades En Acción Y De Fé(CAFé), the New Mexico Workforce Solutions and Somos Un Pueblo Unido will present a Spanish-language webinar on the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division ’s Essential Workers ‒ Essential Protections initiative on May 26 at 5 p.m. MT.
By Labor Gazette | May 21, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | May 20, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA – Since 1998, the U.S. Department of Labor has maintained the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Strategic Partnership Program. More than 850 partnerships have been formed to date, covering more than 31,300 employers and 2.5 million workers nationwide – with the goal of improving safety during large construction projects.
By Labor Gazette | May 20, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, GA – HPPE LLC must meet exacting standards to manufacture pharmaceutical-related products, but an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found serious hazards that could impact the safety and health of its employees.
