By Labor Gazette | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: AUSTIN, TX – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Liquid Environmental Solutions of Texas LLC for workplace safety hazards following an employee fatality at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in April 2019. The company faces $301,188 in fines.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: POWAY, CA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. – a Poway, California-based federal contactor providing aircraft systems and services to the U.S. Army – will pay $951,456 to 1,109 employees nationwide for violating the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA).
By Labor Gazette | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, NV – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Royal West Drywall Inc. – a residential drywall and paint company in Las Vegas, Nevada – will pay $133,007 in back wages to 233 employees for violating the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA – To help establish prevailing wage rates, the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is conducting a survey of highway construction projects in Delaware.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 11, 2019
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 10, 2019
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 10, 2019
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Oct. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, NY – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Dollar Tree Stores Inc. for unsafe storage of material, obstructed exit routes and blocked electrical panels at the discount retailer's Elmira, New York, store. The Chesapeake, Virginia-based retailer faces $208,368 in proposed penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 9, 2019
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an opioid-crisis National Health Emergency Dislocated Worker Grant for up to $4,710,000, with $2,134,933 released initially, to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security. The grant will support disaster-relief jobs and provide employment services to eligible individuals in Mississippi affected by the health and economic effects of widespread opioid use, addiction, and overdose.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: DELAWARE, OH – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Liberty Casting Company for exposing employees to crystalline silica above the permissible exposure levels at the Delaware, Ohio, foundry. The company faces $270,048 in proposed penalties for three repeated and 18 serious health violations.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: BRAINTREE, MA – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Massachusetts Department of Labor Standards/OSHA Consultation (DLS), and the Mass Brewers Guild (MBG), have formed an alliance to protect the safety and health of employees in the Massachusetts brewing industry. MBG comprises 190 brewpubs, farm breweries and manufacturers.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: MOUNT VERNON, OH ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Prestress Services Industries of Ohio LLC for 20 safety and health violations at the concrete production plant in Mount Vernon, Ohio. The company faces penalties of $158,555.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: WEST COVINA, CA – After a U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation, GI Security Inc. – based in West Covina, California – will pay $309,189 to 126 employees for violating the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: EDINBURG, TX – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) will hold a compliance seminar for agricultural employers in Edinburg, Texas, on October 16 and 17, 2019. The seminar will offer employers, company managers, agents, human resources professionals, and other interested parties ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: FAIRMONT, WV – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Superior Industrial Laundries Inc. – a commercial laundry facility based in Fairmont, West Virginia – has paid $66,641 in back wages and liquidated damages to 36 employees to resolve overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS, MN – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) and after a failed appeal to the Department’s Administrative Review Board (ARB), ME Global Inc. – a steel foundry based in Columbia Heights, Minnesota – has paid a former employee $190,357 in back wages and interest for violating the labor provisions of the H-1B visa program.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 8, 2019
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 8, 2019
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 8, 2019
The US Labor Department published an eight page notice on Oct. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
