By Labor Gazette | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced new guidance for plan sponsors, plan fiduciaries, record keepers and plan participants on best practices for maintaining cybersecurity, including tips on how to protect the retirement benefits of America’s workers. This is the first time the ...
By Labor Gazette | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC –The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration today announced the issuance of an Unemployment Insurance Program Letter that provides new guidance to states on identity verification for unemployment insurance claims.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor has selected seven states to participate in its Advancing State Policy Integration for Recovery and Employment initiative that aims to align state policy and funding to increase competitive integrated employment for individuals with mental health conditions.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration today issued guidance on fiduciary investment advice for retirement investors, employee benefit plans and investment advice providers. The guidance relates to the department’s “Improving Investment Advice for Workers & Retirees” exemption and follows its Feb. 12, 2021, announcement that that exemption would go into effect as scheduled on Feb. 16, 2021.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: BOSTON – The owner of a Lynn, Massachusetts, tax preparation service faces $136,532 in penalties for prohibiting her employees and customers from wearing masks, failing to ensure employees and customers practiced social distancing, and refusing to implement other safeguards against the coronavirus.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration today issued guidance on fiduciary investment advice for retirement investors, employee benefit plans and investment advice providers. The guidance relates to the department’s “Improving Investment Advice for Workers & Retirees” exemption and follows its Feb. 12, 2021, announcement that that exemption would go into effect as scheduled on Feb. 16, 2021.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: BOSTON – The owner of a Lynn, Massachusetts, tax preparation service faces $136,532 in penalties for prohibiting her employees and customers from wearing masks, failing to ensure employees and customers practiced social distancing, and refusing to implement other safeguards against the coronavirus.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 12, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page proposed rule on April 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 12, 2021
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on April 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 12, 2021
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on April 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 12, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO – A consent order entered by the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas has appointed Receivership Management Inc. – an independent fiduciary based in Madison, Tennessee – to serve as claims administrator and oversee employee benefit plans and assets previously administered by Medova Healthcare Financial Group. As an independent fiduciary, the company will work to negotiate and pay outstanding health claims for participants of the arrangement.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 12, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG, PA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Barton Malow and Alexander Building Construction Co. have established a strategic partnership to promote workplace safety during construction of the Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center in Lancaster.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 12, 2021
News Release: SNEEDVILLE, TN – The Hancock County Sheriff’s Department in Sneedville found they had failed to follow the law after a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation determined the employer did not pay required overtime or comp time to employees who worked more than 40 hours per workweek.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 12, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA – Many chain restaurant managers hold pre-shift meetings to motivate their employees, reinforce training, update the day’s menu and, ultimately, to maximize profits. The time spent in these meetings is typically time for which employers should also be paying their workers, something a well-known national restaurant chain learned in a recent U.S. Department of Labor investigation.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 12, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO – A consent order entered by the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas has appointed Receivership Management Inc. – an independent fiduciary based in Madison, Tennessee – to serve as claims administrator and oversee employee benefit plans and assets previously administered by Medova Healthcare Financial Group. As an independent fiduciary, the company will work to negotiate and pay outstanding health claims for participants of the arrangement.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 12, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG, PA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Barton Malow and Alexander Building Construction Co. have established a strategic partnership to promote workplace safety during construction of the Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center in Lancaster.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 12, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA – Many chain restaurant managers hold pre-shift meetings to motivate their employees, reinforce training, update the day’s menu and, ultimately, to maximize profits. The time spent in these meetings is typically time for which employers should also be paying their workers, something a well-known national restaurant chain learned in a recent U.S. Department of Labor investigation.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 12, 2021
News Release: SNEEDVILLE, TN – The Hancock County Sheriff’s Department in Sneedville found they had failed to follow the law after a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation determined the employer did not pay required overtime or comp time to employees who worked more than 40 hours per workweek.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 9, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on April 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 9, 2021
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on April 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
