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US Department of Labor collaborates with Brasfield & Gorrie to promote workplace safety at Birmingham construction site

News Release: BIRMINGHAM, AL – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has signed a strategic partnership with Brasfield & Gorrie, in which the agency and construction management firm will promote worker safety and health at the Grandview Physicians Place II project in Birmingham. The University of Alabama’s Safe State program will also support the effort.


US Department of Labor orders Oklahoma roofing, building products’ company to reinstate, pay damages to whistleblowers

News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY – Two truck drivers for an Oklahoma City roofing and building products company reported to a manager that the tires on a company truck were unsafe. Concerned about their own safety and that of others on the road, the two drivers refused to operate vehicles with unsafe tires. They were terminated in August 2020.


Following federal court judgment, Maryland restaurants operator pays more than $500K in back wages, damages and penalties

News Release: BALTIMORE, MD – As many restaurant servers’ base wage is well below $7.25 per hour, they depend on customers’ appreciation of their service to make ends meet. When an employer keeps a portion of the tips they earned or fails to pay them for all the hours they worked, paying their own bills becomes a very tall order.


North Charleston caterer pays $22K in back wages to workers after US Department of Labor finds overtime violations

News Release: NORTH CHARLESTON, SC – While a North Charleston catering facility relied on the hard work of its hourly workers to make their guests’ weddings and special events memorable, a recent U.S. Department of Labor investigation found 18 workers had less to celebrate when their employer failed to pay them $22,970 in overtime they had earned.


US Department of Labor investigation prompts LAX, Van Nuys airports to change policies that caused Family and Medical Leave Act violations

News Release: LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles World Airports – owner and operator of Los Angeles International and Van Nuys airports – has made sweeping changes to its employee medical leave request system to address failures that led to long delays, invalid disciplinary personnel actions and violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act found in a U.S. Department of Labor investigation.


US Department of Labor encourages industry employers, stakeholders to join  OSHA’s National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced today that it has scheduled the eighth annual National Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction for May 3-7, 2021. OSHA encourages construction employers and other stakeholders to join the event to promote awareness and training to address one of the industry’s most serious dangers.


US Department of Labor encourages industry employers, stakeholders to join  OSHA’s National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced today that it has scheduled the eighth annual National Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction for May 3-7, 2021. OSHA encourages construction employers and other stakeholders to join the event to promote awareness and training to address one of the industry’s most serious dangers.


US Department of Labor orders Oklahoma roofing, building products’ company to reinstate, pay damages to whistleblowers

News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY – Two truck drivers for an Oklahoma City roofing and building products company reported to a manager that the tires on a company truck were unsafe. Concerned about their own safety and that of others on the road, the two drivers refused to operate vehicles with unsafe tires. They were terminated in August 2020.


US Department of Labor investigation prompts LAX, Van Nuys airports to change policies that caused Family and Medical Leave Act violations

News Release: LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles World Airports – owner and operator of Los Angeles International and Van Nuys airports – has made sweeping changes to its employee medical leave request system to address failures that led to long delays, invalid disciplinary personnel actions and violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act found in a U.S. Department of Labor investigation.


North Charleston caterer pays $22K in back wages to workers after US Department of Labor finds overtime violations

News Release: NORTH CHARLESTON, SC – While a North Charleston catering facility relied on the hard work of its hourly workers to make their guests’ weddings and special events memorable, a recent U.S. Department of Labor investigation found 18 workers had less to celebrate when their employer failed to pay them $22,970 in overtime they had earned.


Following federal court judgment, Maryland restaurants operator pays more than $500K in back wages, damages and penalties

News Release: BALTIMORE, MD – As many restaurant servers’ base wage is well below $7.25 per hour, they depend on customers’ appreciation of their service to make ends meet. When an employer keeps a portion of the tips they earned or fails to pay them for all the hours they worked, paying their own bills becomes a very tall order.


Notice published on March 1 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Labor Department publishes rule on Feb. 26

The US Labor Department published a three page rule on Feb. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


OSHA finds workers on unprotected 3-story roof, cites Ohio contractor for exposing workers to fall hazards

News Release: CANTON, OH – Three stories above ground, five workers moved unsteadily atop a Canton apartment building, all of them at risk of a serious or fatal fall because, once again, their employer failed to ensure they used required safety equipment to protect them from falling. Ivan Lowky – their employer – was also working on the roof without necessary fall protection despite having the equipment available.


OSHA cites West Farmington contractor after 14-year-old installing roofing materials suffers critical injuries in fall

News Release: WEST FARMINGTON, OH – A 14-year-old boy working on the roof of a Berea townhome without required fall protection suffered critical injuries when he fell 20-feet to the ground. Immediately following this serious incident, the company’s owner and three other workers put on personal fall arrest equipment ...


OSHA cites West Farmington contractor after 14-year-old installing roofing materials suffers critical injuries in fall

News Release: WEST FARMINGTON, OH – A 14-year-old boy working on the roof of a Berea townhome without required fall protection suffered critical injuries when he fell 20-feet to the ground. Immediately following this serious incident, the company’s owner and three other workers put on personal fall arrest equipment ...


OSHA finds workers on unprotected 3-story roof, cites Ohio contractor for exposing workers to fall hazards

News Release: CANTON, OH – Three stories above ground, five workers moved unsteadily atop a Canton apartment building, all of them at risk of a serious or fatal fall because, once again, their employer failed to ensure they used required safety equipment to protect them from falling. Ivan Lowky – their employer – was also working on the roof without necessary fall protection despite having the equipment available.


Notice published by Labor Department on Feb. 26

The US Labor Department published a seven page notice on Feb. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Labor Department publish on Feb. 26?

The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Feb. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published on Feb. 25 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.