By Labor Gazette | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK – The U.S. Department of Labor and a third-party administrator that provides employee health benefit plans with access to a network of doctors, hospitals and other medical providers have reached an agreement in which the administrator has committed to improve its communications with health plans and to return certain fees the plans paid for claims administration that the department alleged were not fully disclosed to the plans.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor will publish a Request for Information for the overtime rule on Wednesday, July 26, 2017. The RFI is an opportunity for the public to provide information that will aid the department in formulating a proposal to revise these regulations which define and delimit exemptions from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s minimum wage and overtime requirements for certain employees.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta is inviting interested persons to submit nominations for individuals to serve on the Task Force on Apprenticeship Expansion. The creation of the task force is a key step in implementing President Donald J. Trump’s executive order to expand apprenticeships.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 21, 2017
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on July 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 21, 2017
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on July 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: DENVER –Today, U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta encouraged state legislators to engage in principled reforms to help American workers. In his remarks at the 44th Annual Meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council, he discussed how occupational licensing has created excessive barriers for the American workforce.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered Wells Fargo to reinstate and pay $577,500 in back wages, damages and other fees to a former branch manager in Pomona who was terminated after she reported conduct by at least three “private bankers” working under her that she reasonably believed to be bank, wire and mail fraud.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: DELAIR, N.J. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has again cited a Camden County aluminum manufacturing company with a long history of noncompliance with OSHA standards – this time for 51 safety and health violations and proposed penalties of $1,922,895.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK – The U.S. Department of Labor and a third-party administrator that provides employee health benefit plans with access to a network of doctors, hospitals and other medical providers have reached an agreement in which the administrator has committed to improve its communications with health plans and to return certain fees the plans paid for claims administration that the department alleged were not fully disclosed to the plans.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK – The U.S. Department of Labor has filed an injunction against the owners of two medical offices in Brooklyn to prevent further retaliation against employees who refused to provide false information to obstruct the department’s investigation into alleged violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 18, 2017
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on July 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 18, 2017
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on July 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta released the following statement on his meeting with Swiss government officials to discuss apprenticeships and workforce development models: “The Trump administration is drawing from the successful apprenticeship models that many of our neighbors ...
By Labor Gazette | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: KEY LARGO, Fla. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a South Florida utility company and related contracting company after the agency’s investigation into the deaths of three workers who succumbed to toxic gases in a manhole on Jan. 16, 2017.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: EAST ORANGE, N.J. – Three East Orange construction companies have entered into a consent judgment with the U.S. Department of Labor and will pay $850,000 in back wages and damages to 153 workers to resolve violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. The department’s Wage and Hour Division investigators ...
By Labor Gazette | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced the availability of $10.5 million in Susan Harwood Training Grants to fund training and education for workers and employers to help them identify and prevent workplace safety and health hazards.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: DAYTON – A multi-agency federal and state investigation has led to the guilty plea and imprisonment of Ohio businessman William M. Apostelos, who orchestrated a Ponzi scheme that included the theft of $1.9 million from an employee benefit plan. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration and Office of Inspector General participated in the investigation and prosecution led by the Justice Department.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS – A fraud investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration , the FBI, and the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General has led to a 12-year prison sentence for William Jackson Moates Jr., of Fort Smith, Arkansas.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 12, 2017
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on July 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 10, 2017
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on July 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
