By Labor Gazette | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: JONESBORO, GA – Tienda Y Carniceria La Unica 2 Inc. – a supermarket based in Jonesboro, Georgia – has paid a civil penalty of $47,115 after a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found the employer allowed a 16-year-old minor employee to use a power-driven meat-slicing machine in violation of federal law. The minor suffered the amputation of one finger and severe injury to another.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: LINTHICUM, MD - After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) in the Department's Office of Administrative Law Judges has ordered Enterprise RAC Company of Baltimore LLC to pay $6,645,444 in lost earnings and benefits to 2,336 African-American applicants for the company's management trainee program.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the landmark Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA), the U.S. Department of Labor today announced that former U.S. Senator Robert Griffin and former National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member Howard Jenkins, Jr. will be the newest inductees to the Department's Hall of Honor in this fall.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) will offer a compliance seminar in Washington, D.C., for contractors, unions, workers, and other interested parties to provide information on the rules governing federal prevailing wage requirements. The event will offer training on labor standards for federally funded construction and federal service contracts.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Bay Area Contract Maintenance – a janitorial company based in San Francisco, California – will pay $450,548 in back wages to 65 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found violations of the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Aug 1, 2019
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Aug. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 31, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – In light of the 29th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Patrick Pizzella sent letters to America's governors encouraging them to collect data on the numbers of state employees with disabilities. Although not a requirement ...
By Labor Gazette | Jul 31, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) today released an opinion letter and FAQs to further the Department's efforts to increase the transparency and effectiveness of compliance assistance to help contractors meet their responsibilities for equal employment opportunity.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 31, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has found Altor Inc. - a construction company based in Washington Township, New Jersey - and its president Vasilio Saites in contempt of court for failing to pay $412,000 in penalties assessed by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational ...
By Labor Gazette | Jul 31, 2019
The US Labor Department published a three page rule on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 31, 2019
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 31, 2019
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 31, 2019
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 31, 2019
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 31, 2019
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 31, 2019
The US Labor Department published a four page proposed rule on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 30, 2019
The US Labor Department published a one page proposed rule on July 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today signed a bi-lateral cooperative agreement with Guatemala to facilitate increased transparency, accountability, and worker safety in the H-2A nonimmigrant visa program for temporary agricultural workers from Guatemala.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA, GA – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed a strategic partnership with Holder Construction Group LLC to promote worker safety and health during the construction of Project Fusion on West Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: SHARON, OK – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Custom Energy Service Inc. – a power line repair company based in Sharon, Oklahoma – has paid $62,263 in back wages and liquidated damages to 11 employees for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA) overtime requirements.
