By Labor Gazette | Aug 20, 2020
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Aug. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 20, 2020
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Aug. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 20, 2020
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Aug. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: HIALEAH, FL – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Milum Trucking – a freight shipping and trucking company based in Hialeah, Florida – has paid $3,110 in back wages to two employees for wrongly denying them emergency paid sick leave while they sought medical diagnosis for suspected coronavirus infection. Once their tests returned positive, the employer again denied the two employees’ requests for emergency paid sick leave.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have developed a checklist for human and animal food manufacturers to consider when continuing, resuming or reevaluating operations due to the coronavirus pandemic.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have developed a checklist for human and animal food manufacturers to consider when continuing, resuming or reevaluating operations due to the coronavirus pandemic.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: HIALEAH, FL – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Milum Trucking – a freight shipping and trucking company based in Hialeah, Florida – has paid $3,110 in back wages to two employees for wrongly denying them emergency paid sick leave while they sought medical diagnosis for suspected coronavirus infection. Once their tests returned positive, the employer again denied the two employees’ requests for emergency paid sick leave.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor received an A+ on the Small Business Administration’s recently announced Fiscal Year 2019 Small Business Federal Procurement Scorecard , marking the third straight year the Department has received the scorecard’s highest grade. The scorecard measures the ...
By Labor Gazette | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: ST. JOSEPH, MO – After a compliance review by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. – a global pharmaceutical company and federal contractor – will pay $379,089 in back pay and interest to 75 female employees to resolve alleged wage discrimination at its St. Joseph, Missouri, facility.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) today announced an interim final rule that will help workers determine their ability to retire by allowing them to estimate how their current savings in a 401(k)-type plan might translate into lifetime monthly payments.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia issued the following statement regarding the first round of awards to Iowa, Arizona, New Mexico, Louisiana, Utah, Colorado, and Missouri as part of the Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) program.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor received an A+ on the Small Business Administration’s recently announced Fiscal Year 2019 Small Business Federal Procurement Scorecard , marking the third straight year the Department has received the scorecard’s highest grade. The scorecard measures the ...
By Labor Gazette | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) today announced an interim final rule that will help workers determine their ability to retire by allowing them to estimate how their current savings in a 401(k)-type plan might translate into lifetime monthly payments.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: ST. JOSEPH, MO – After a compliance review by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. – a global pharmaceutical company and federal contractor – will pay $379,089 in back pay and interest to 75 female employees to resolve alleged wage discrimination at its St. Joseph, Missouri, facility.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia issued the following statement regarding the first round of awards to Iowa, Arizona, New Mexico, Louisiana, Utah, Colorado, and Missouri as part of the Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) program.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 18, 2020
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 18, 2020
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 18, 2020
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today issued additional guidance to address questions raised by states about the Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) program authorized by the Presidential Memorandum, Authorizing the Other Needs Assistance Program for Major Disaster Declarations Related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 , issued on August 8, 2020.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: MELBOURNE, FL – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered U.S. Corrections LLC – headquartered in Melbourne, Florida – to reinstate an employee for reporting personal and commercial motor vehicle safety concerns. OSHA also ordered the company to pay more than $70,000 in back wages, $30,000 in punitive damages, $7,341 in compensatory damages, $30,000 in emotional distress damages and reasonable attorney’s fees.
