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US Department of Labor again cites Oklahoma construction contractor  for exposing workers to serious trenching, excavation hazards

News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY – Excavation work is among the most dangerous in the construction industry. Trenches can collapse around and atop workers, crushing and burying them quickly and sometimes fatally – which has long made trench and excavation protection a vital concern for the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration.


US Department of Labor education, enforcement campaign seeks to increase Southeast agricultural industry’s compliance

News Release: ATLANTA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division is currently engaged in an education and enforcement initiative to increase compliance with federal labor laws in the Southeast’s agricultural industry. In addition to enforcement activity, the initiative provides compliance assistance to employers and educates workers and other stakeholders.


What did Labor Department publish on March 8?

The US Labor Department published a one page notice on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published on March 5 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Labor Department publishes notice on March 5

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published by Labor Department on March 5

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Labor Department publish on March 5?

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published on March 5 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Labor Department publishes notice on March 5

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published by Labor Department on March 5

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Labor Department publish on March 5?

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published on March 5 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Labor Department publishes notice on March 5

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published by Labor Department on March 5

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Labor Department publish on March 5?

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published on March 5 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Labor Department publishes notice on March 5

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published by Labor Department on March 5

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Nashua restaurants pay more than $108K in back wages to 17 workers  after US Department of Labor finds overtime, minimum wage violations

News Release: MANCHESTER, NH – Two Nashua restaurants learned that paying flat salaries to its workers doesn’t waive their responsibility to pay overtime when those employees work more than 40 hours in a workweek. Doing so violated the Fair Labor Standards Act , and resulted in the back wages found due in a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation.


Sanibel Island restaurant pays $222K in back wages to 48 workers after US Department of Labor finds wage violations

News Release: SANIBEL, FL –Restaurant workers such as servers and bartenders depend on tips to supplement their low hourly wages, so when a Sanibel Island eatery required its workers to contribute to an unlawful tip pool, the restaurant made it even harder for them to make ends meet.