By Labor Gazette | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that it is accepting employer applications for the 2020 HIRE Vets Medallion Award. The HIRE Vets Award Program recognizes small businesses, non-profit organizations and large companies for their leadership in recruiting, employing and retaining America’s veterans. The application deadline is April 30, 2020.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Dream Center Education Holdings – a national educational enterprise based in Chandler, Arizona – has paid $411,478 in back wages to 485 employees after missed payroll resulted in minimum wage and overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: LAS CRUCES, NM - The U.S. Department of Labor, in collaboration with various federal and state agencies, and other stakeholders – including the Small Business Development Center at the Doña Ana Community College in Las Cruces, New Mexico – will host an educational outreach forum on Feb. 11, 2020, for employers and others interested in information and guidance on regulations pertaining to agricultural employment.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: MIAMI, FL – Today, U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia visited American workers in South Florida to discuss the recently signed United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and workforce development. Secretary Scalia toured Gaumard Scientific – a manufacturer of medical simulators – and participated ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: DEARBORN HEIGHTS, MI – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has determined that the Dearborn Heights School District violated whistleblower statutes by unjustly disciplining, publicly discrediting and terminating an employee who reported unsafe working conditions ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: ARLINGTON, VA – There were 24 mining fatalities in the U.S. in 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reports. This is the fewest annual fatalities ever recorded, and only the fifth year in MSHA’s 43-year history that mining fatalities were below 30. MSHA is still reviewing two cases of possible chargeable fatalities which, if added would make the total in 2019 the second lowest number of fatalities ever recorded.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: HOOVER, AL – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited two Alabama contractors – OLA Inc. and Calloway Inc. – for exposing employees to excavation hazards after two workers suffered fatal injuries in a trench collapse on a residential project in Hoover, Alabama. The contractors face $88,482 in penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: AUGUSTA, ME – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently signed a two-year alliance with the Maine Department of Labor, Workplace Safety and Health Division (SafetyWorks!), and the Maine School of Masonry to promote worker safety in the masonry industry.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: ARLINGTON, VA – There were 24 mining fatalities in the U.S. in 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reports. This is the fewest annual fatalities ever recorded, and only the fifth year in MSHA’s 43-year history that mining fatalities were below 30. MSHA is still reviewing two cases of possible chargeable fatalities which, if added would make the total in 2019 the second lowest number of fatalities ever recorded.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: MIAMI, FL – Today, U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia visited American workers in South Florida to discuss the recently signed United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and workforce development. Secretary Scalia toured Gaumard Scientific – a manufacturer of medical simulators – and participated ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: AUGUSTA, ME – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently signed a two-year alliance with the Maine Department of Labor, Workplace Safety and Health Division (SafetyWorks!), and the Maine School of Masonry to promote worker safety in the masonry industry.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: HOOVER, AL – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited two Alabama contractors – OLA Inc. and Calloway Inc. – for exposing employees to excavation hazards after two workers suffered fatal injuries in a trench collapse on a residential project in Hoover, Alabama. The contractors face $88,482 in penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: DEARBORN HEIGHTS, MI – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has determined that the Dearborn Heights School District violated whistleblower statutes by unjustly disciplining, publicly discrediting and terminating an employee who reported unsafe working conditions ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 30, 2020
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 30, 2020
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 30, 2020
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 30, 2020
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 30, 2020
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 29, 2020
The US Labor Department published a five page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 29, 2020
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
