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New York contractor agrees to cease digging excavations, pay $135K in penalties, after 2020 fatal Long Island trench collapse

News Release: NEW YORK – A Long Island superstructure, foundation and concrete company will pay $135,612 in penalties stemming from the collapse of an approximately 30-foot deep trench in Oyster Bay that led to the deaths of two workers.


New York contractor agrees to cease digging excavations, pay $135K in penalties, after 2020 fatal Long Island trench collapse

News Release: NEW YORK – A Long Island superstructure, foundation and concrete company will pay $135,612 in penalties stemming from the collapse of an approximately 30-foot deep trench in Oyster Bay that led to the deaths of two workers.


Zeigler Auto Group pays $85K in back wages to 214 workers after US Department of Labor investigation

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.


Notice published on March 31 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a three page notice on March 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Labor Department publishes notice on March 31

The US Labor Department published a four page notice on March 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published by Labor Department on March 31

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Maine tomato grower pays $337K in back wages, penalties  after US Department of Labor investigation

News Release: MANCHESTER, NH – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $245,351 in back wages for 117 employees of a greenhouse tomato grower in Madison, Maine, that failed to comply with federal laws governing wages and working conditions for agricultural temporary guest workers, U.S. workers and workers in corresponding employment.


Maine tomato grower pays $337K in back wages, penalties  after US Department of Labor investigation

News Release: MANCHESTER, NH – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $245,351 in back wages for 117 employees of a greenhouse tomato grower in Madison, Maine, that failed to comply with federal laws governing wages and working conditions for agricultural temporary guest workers, U.S. workers and workers in corresponding employment.


Notice published by Labor Department on March 30

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Labor Department publish on March 30?

The US Labor Department published a four page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published on March 29 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Labor Department publishes notice on March 29

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published by Labor Department on March 29

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Labor Department publish on March 29?

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


US Department of Labor announces availability  of $10.5 million for mine safety training grants

News Release: ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced the availability of $10,537,000 in state grant funding to provide training and retraining of miners and mine operators working at surface and underground coal and metal and nonmetal mines. The training is federally mandated.


US Department of Labor announces Brookwood-Sago grants’ availability  of up to $1M for mine safety education, training

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced today the availability of up to $1 million to fund grants to support education and training to help mine workers identify, avoid and prevent unsafe working conditions.


US Department of Labor announces non-enforcement  of Final Rule on Form T-1 Trust Annual Report filing

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Office of Labor-Management Standards will not enforce its final rule on “Labor Organization Annual Financial Reports For Trusts In Which A Labor Organization Is Interested, Form T-1” until one year after the date a labor organization’s first Form T-1 is due.


OSHA cites Ohio production facility for exposing employees to dangerous confined space, machine, other hazards

News Release: OXFORD, OH – Without proper safety measures taken, gases and or vapors in a confined space may overcome a worker or a lack of oxygen may suffocate them. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that from 2011-2018, there were 1,030 confined space-related workers deaths.


US Department of Labor announces Brookwood-Sago grants’ availability  of up to $1M for mine safety education, training

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced today the availability of up to $1 million to fund grants to support education and training to help mine workers identify, avoid and prevent unsafe working conditions.


US Department of Labor announces availability  of $10.5 million for mine safety training grants

News Release: ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced the availability of $10,537,000 in state grant funding to provide training and retraining of miners and mine operators working at surface and underground coal and metal and nonmetal mines. The training is federally mandated.