By Labor Gazette | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of additional National Dislocated Worker Grant funding of $3,724,200 to the Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program, Inc. (EKCEP). The funding will provide for the continuation of employment and training services to dislocated ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: SHELBYVILLE, IN – Penske Logistics LLC, a federal contractor, has agreed to pay $350,000 in back wages to 185 female applicants to settle allegations of hiring discrimination found in a U.S. Department of Labor investigation at the employer's Shelbyville, Indiana, logistics facility.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: AKRON, OH – An Ohio county court has sentenced Jim Coon – a roofing contractor based in Akron, Ohio – to prison after he pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of a 39-year-old employee who fell from a three-story roof while working without required fall protection in November 2017. ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: OLMSTED FALLS, OH – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited American Wire and Cable Company – an appliance industry supplier – for more than two dozen serious violations of workplace safety and health standards at the manufacturer's facility in Olmsted Falls, Ohio. The company faces $185,640 in penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has awarded approximately $10.5 million in Susan Harwood federal safety and health training grants to 79 nonprofit organizations nationwide. The grants will provide education and training programs to ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 20, 2019
The US Labor Department published a one page rule on Sept. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: HONOLULU, HI – A Honolulu, Hawaii, maritime repair company will pay $239,380 to 47 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found the employer failed to pay the prevailing wages required for work performed on a government-funded contract at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is conducting a building construction survey of the metropolitan counties in the state of Missouri to collect data to establish prevailing wage rates, as required under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts. The survey covers active ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: COLUMBIA, SC – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Grids Security Services LLC – based in Columbia, South Carolina – has paid $40,077 in back wages to nine employees, for violating requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (CWHSSA) and the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA).
By Labor Gazette | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: OCHLOCKNEE, GA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Rite-A-Way Mowers LLC – a Buena Vista, Georgia-based mowing contractor – has paid a civil penalty of $58,383 violating federal child labor laws when it employed a 15-year-old to operate a power-driven weed cutter. The minor drowned while clearing brush along Georgia's Ochlockonee River.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 19, 2019
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 19, 2019
The US Labor Department published a nine page notice on Sept. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 19, 2019
The US Labor Department published a four page notice on Sept. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today approved Disaster Recovery National Dislocated Worker Grant funding of $975,000 to Workforce West Virginia to assess workforce needs in response to severe storms in June 2019, which brought heavy rainfall that caused extreme flooding and extensive damage to waterways.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor announced Scott Gibbons as Chief Data Officer to lead the Department's Data Board and Christina Yancey as Chief Evaluation Officer for the Department.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited RMS Utilities Inc. – based in Alamosa, Colorado – for exposing employees to trenching hazards. The company faces $92,819 in penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: BOISE, ID – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Dollar Tree Stores at four Idaho locations for exposing employees to unsafe storage of merchandise, and blocked walkways and exit routes. The company faces $898,682 in proposed penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 17, 2019
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 17, 2019
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 17, 2019
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
