By Labor Gazette | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation’s (FPUC) weekly unemployment compensation boost is now being paid to eligible individuals in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. FPUC is authorized under Section 2104 of the Coronavirus ...
By Labor Gazette | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of seven Dislocated Worker Grants (DWGs), totaling $30,170,311, to help address the workforce-related impacts of the public health emergency related to the coronavirus pandemic. These awards are funded under the Coronavirus Aid, ...
By Labor Gazette | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) today announced funding awards under its Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Youth Solutions initiative, which aims to identify and evaluate strategies for improving employment outcomes for young adults from ages 14 to 24 who apply for or receive SSI.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor has selected five National Provider Organizations (NPOs) to participate in its National Expansion of Employment Opportunities Network (NEON) initiative to increase competitive integrated employment for people with disabilities.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) is working to ensure timely compliance with its recently published final rule requiring the filing of annual financial disclosure reports for “trusts in which a labor organization is interested.” These reports are to be filed with OLMS on the new Form T-1 Trust Annual Report.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 29, 2020
News Release: SAN DIEGO, CA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Discount Tire Centers will pay an employee $2,606 in back wages for refusing to provide sick leave under the newly passed Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (EPLSA), after his healthcare provider advised that he self-quarantine while awaiting a family member’s test for coronavirus.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) today issued deadline relief and other guidance under Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to help employee benefit plans, plan participants and beneficiaries, employers and other plan sponsors, plan fiduciaries, and other service providers impacted by the coronavirus outbreak.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following statement from Solicitor of Labor Kate O’Scannlain and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for OSHA Loren Sweatt regarding Meat and Poultry Processing Facilities: “The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Centers ...
By Labor Gazette | Apr 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today commemorated Workers’ Memorial Day with a joint statement from U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), Loren Sweatt.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) today issued deadline relief and other guidance under Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to help employee benefit plans, plan participants and beneficiaries, employers and other plan sponsors, plan fiduciaries, and other service providers impacted by the coronavirus outbreak.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today commemorated Workers’ Memorial Day with a joint statement from U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), Loren Sweatt.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following statement from Solicitor of Labor Kate O’Scannlain and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for OSHA Loren Sweatt regarding Meat and Poultry Processing Facilities: “The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Centers ...
By Labor Gazette | Apr 28, 2020
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on April 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 28, 2020
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on April 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 28, 2020
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on April 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 28, 2020
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on April 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 28, 2020
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on April 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 28, 2020
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on April 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: CLEVELAND, OH – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent order and judgment to remove plan fiduciaries – Attila E. Nagy and Cynthia Nagy – from the Assembly Specialty Products Inc. 401(k) Plan after an investigation by the department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) found that the fiduciaries violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
By Labor Gazette | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: CLEVELAND, OH – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent order and judgment to remove plan fiduciaries – Attila E. Nagy and Cynthia Nagy – from the Assembly Specialty Products Inc. 401(k) Plan after an investigation by the department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) found that the fiduciaries violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
