By Labor Gazette | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is actively investigating an incident at Foundation Food Group Services in Gainesville where a liquid nitrogen leak killed six workers on Jan. 28, 2021. OSHA is also investigating reports of an ammonia release that ...
By Labor Gazette | Apr 2, 2021
The US Labor Department published a four page proposed rule on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 2, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 2, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 2, 2021
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 1, 2021
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on April 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an initial award of $3,120,612 to the Texas Workforce Commission to provide employment and training services to communities affected by severe winter storms in February 2021. High winds, heavy snow and historically low temperatures knocked ...
By Labor Gazette | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today the launch by its Veterans’ Employment and Training Service of a pilot program to enhance its ability to provide transitioning service members and their spouses with the assistance needed to be successful in the civilian workforce.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today the launch of its Spanish-language translation of Worker.gov, a website dedicated to informing workers of their rights and federal workplace protections. Spanish-speaking workers and job seekers can visit Worker.gov/es to learn about the department and the laws governing their wages, safety, equality rights, retirement benefits, organizing with coworkers and fair treatment as veterans or service members.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO – Major construction projects require continued coordination between the general contractor, subcontractors, tradesmen and others working on-site to complete the build on time and on budget. Getting the work done while protecting the safety and health of those on the job takes similar coordination, and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration stands ready to assist.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: NEW YORK – A Long Island-based petroleum barge company and three former and current management officials have paid $375,000 in restitution to the brother of one of two seamen killed in a barge explosion off the coast of Texas. The seaman alleged the company fired him for cooperating with investigators and reporting safety concerns to the U.S. Coast Guard. The explosion occurred on Oct. 20, 2017, off Port Aransas aboard the Buster Bouchard/B. No. 255.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today the launch of its Spanish-language translation of Worker.gov, a website dedicated to informing workers of their rights and federal workplace protections. Spanish-speaking workers and job seekers can visit Worker.gov/es to learn about the department and the laws governing their wages, safety, equality rights, retirement benefits, organizing with coworkers and fair treatment as veterans or service members.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: NEW YORK – A Long Island-based petroleum barge company and three former and current management officials have paid $375,000 in restitution to the brother of one of two seamen killed in a barge explosion off the coast of Texas. The seaman alleged the company fired him for cooperating with investigators and reporting safety concerns to the U.S. Coast Guard. The explosion occurred on Oct. 20, 2017, off Port Aransas aboard the Buster Bouchard/B. No. 255.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an initial award of $3,120,612 to the Texas Workforce Commission to provide employment and training services to communities affected by severe winter storms in February 2021. High winds, heavy snow and historically low temperatures knocked ...
By Labor Gazette | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO – Major construction projects require continued coordination between the general contractor, subcontractors, tradesmen and others working on-site to complete the build on time and on budget. Getting the work done while protecting the safety and health of those on the job takes similar coordination, and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration stands ready to assist.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today the launch by its Veterans’ Employment and Training Service of a pilot program to enhance its ability to provide transitioning service members and their spouses with the assistance needed to be successful in the civilian workforce.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 31, 2021
The US Labor Department published a four page proposed rule on March 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh issued the following statement after President Biden announced the American Jobs Plan, a comprehensive infrastructure package that will create millions of good-paying jobs and make America more competitive: “President Biden’s American Jobs ...
By Labor Gazette | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: KALAMAZOO, MI – Zeigler Auto Group’s sales may place it among the leading auto dealerships nationwide, but a recent federal investigation found sales consultants’ commissions often failed to meet minimum wage requirements at 13 Michigan, Indiana and Illinois locations.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 31, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh issued the following statement after President Biden announced the American Jobs Plan, a comprehensive infrastructure package that will create millions of good-paying jobs and make America more competitive: “President Biden’s American Jobs ...
