By Labor Gazette | May 10, 2021
News Release: MARLTON, NJ – Six contractors constructing luxury single-family homes at the future site of Hawthorne Estates in Medford put workers at risk of serious or fatal injuries by failing to comply with federal requirements to prevent falls, the leading cause of death in the construction industry.
By Labor Gazette | May 10, 2021
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS – A Minnesota lawn care and snow removal company took advantage of more than 70 temporary foreign workers – charging them higher rent than allowed, requiring them to pay for their international transportation and demanding payment to keep their jobs – all in violation of the federal H-2B Visa program. The program helps supply employers with temporary foreign workers when sufficient numbers of U.S. workers are not available.
By Labor Gazette | May 10, 2021
News Release: MARLTON, NJ – Six contractors constructing luxury single-family homes at the future site of Hawthorne Estates in Medford put workers at risk of serious or fatal injuries by failing to comply with federal requirements to prevent falls, the leading cause of death in the construction industry.
By Labor Gazette | May 10, 2021
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS – A Minnesota lawn care and snow removal company took advantage of more than 70 temporary foreign workers – charging them higher rent than allowed, requiring them to pay for their international transportation and demanding payment to keep their jobs – all in violation of the federal H-2B Visa program. The program helps supply employers with temporary foreign workers when sufficient numbers of U.S. workers are not available.
By Labor Gazette | May 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement on the April 2021 Employment Situation Report: “Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the American economy added 266,000 jobs in the month of April, and the unemployment rate was 6.1 percent, up marginally ...
By Labor Gazette | May 7, 2021
News Release: FORT MYERS, FL – An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has recovered more than $36,000 in back wages for workers at a grocery store that denied them overtime pay required by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
By Labor Gazette | May 7, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement on the April 2021 Employment Situation Report: “Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the American economy added 266,000 jobs in the month of April, and the unemployment rate was 6.1 percent, up marginally ...
By Labor Gazette | May 7, 2021
News Release: FORT MYERS, FL – An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has recovered more than $36,000 in back wages for workers at a grocery store that denied them overtime pay required by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
By Labor Gazette | May 6, 2021
The US Labor Department published a one page proposed rule on May 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | May 6, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page rule on May 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | May 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking related to the adjudication of temporary need for employers seeking to hire for herding or production of livestock on the range jobs under the H-2A program.
By Labor Gazette | May 6, 2021
News Release: WACO, TX – Moving machine parts have the potential to cause serious or fatal injuries when safety protections and procedures are ignored, and yet a Waco bath and shower manufacturer once again failed to provide its employees a safe and healthful workplace.
By Labor Gazette | May 6, 2021
News Release: WICHITA, KS- The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division asks businesses in Kansas’ heavy construction industries to complete surveys to help the agency establish accurate prevailing wage rates, as required under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts. Not limited to federally funded construction projects, the survey includes active heavy construction projects that took place in any of Kansas’ metropolitan counties between Jan. 1, 2020 and Dec. 31, 2020.
By Labor Gazette | May 6, 2021
News Release: WACO, TX – Moving machine parts have the potential to cause serious or fatal injuries when safety protections and procedures are ignored, and yet a Waco bath and shower manufacturer once again failed to provide its employees a safe and healthful workplace.
By Labor Gazette | May 6, 2021
News Release: WICHITA, KS- The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division asks businesses in Kansas’ heavy construction industries to complete surveys to help the agency establish accurate prevailing wage rates, as required under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts. Not limited to federally funded construction projects, the survey includes active heavy construction projects that took place in any of Kansas’ metropolitan counties between Jan. 1, 2020 and Dec. 31, 2020.
By Labor Gazette | May 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking related to the adjudication of temporary need for employers seeking to hire for herding or production of livestock on the range jobs under the H-2A program.
By Labor Gazette | May 5, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | May 5, 2021
The US Labor Department published a four page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | May 5, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | May 5, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
