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The US Labor Department published a three page notice on June 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on June 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Reading Terminal businesses, US Department of Labor reach agreement on back wages for 140 current and former workers

News Release: PHILADELPHIA – The owners of two establishments – a produce market and a restaurant – at Reading Terminal Market have entered into a stipulation agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor that requires the payment of $660,117 in back wages and liquidated damages to 140 present and past workers to resolve ...


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on June 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on June 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on June 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


MSHA launches compliance assistance initiative to address  increased injuries, fatalities among less experienced coal miners

News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – Data recently compiled between October 2015 and March 2017 by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration shows that less experienced miners – both at a mine and at a specific occupation – suffer injuries at a higher rate than more experience miners. Over this ...


Consent judgment compensates three Hartford health center employees fired after concerns were raised about tuberculosis exposure

News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. – When a Hartford health care facility failed to adequately respond to a tuberculosis exposure in December 2011, its interim senior vice-president for operations, director of nursing and its coordinator of its Healthy Start program actively tried or were associated with efforts to raise ...


Missouri citations highlight importance of vigilance  in preventing trench cave-ins, protecting workers

News Release: BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. – A month after a 33-year-old worker died while working in an unprotected trench , U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors found another employee of the same Missouri plumbing contractor working in a similarly unprotected trench at another job site.


US Department of Labor awards $43.3M in grants to provide  employer-driven training, support reintegration of homeless veterans

News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta today announced the award of $43.3 million in grants through the U.S. Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service to provide training to an estimated 21,000 homeless veterans to help them reintegrate into the American workforce. In all, the department’s 2017 award will fund 155 grants in its Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program.


Minnesota-based title agency, corporate officers to pay more than $107K  in unpaid wages, benefits to 10 employees on HUD project

News Release: WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn. – Ten workers at a Minnesota title company will receive $107,893 in back wages and unpaid fringe benefits after the title insurance company that employed them was found in violation of the Service Contract Act during an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. The employees worked on real estate closings on a contract with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.


US Labor Department awards $11.4M in grants for state workforce programs

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today the award of $11.4 million in federal Workforce Data Quality Initiative grants. The grants are designed to increase efficiency and effectiveness of these programs.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on June 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on June 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on June 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a three page notice on June 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Executive order to expand apprenticeships, vocational training;  remove burdensome restrictions

News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta today welcomed President Donald J. Trump’s bold step towards fulfilling his promises to grow the American economy with the announcement of an executive order to expand apprenticeships and vocational training, close the skills gap and reduce regulatory burdens on workforce development programs.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on June 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.