By Labor Gazette | Jan 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today the award of $1.97 million for nine Labor Research and Evaluation Grants to support university-based research of workforce policies and programs.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 12, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA – LexisNexis Risk Solutions will pay over $1.2 million in back pay and interest and provide additional relief to resolve allegations of systemic pay discrimination against women at its facilities in Alpharetta, Georgia, and Boca Raton, Florida.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 12, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO, Ill. ‒ Federal safety inspectors saw seven employees of a Park Ridge contractor performing masonry work on a Chicago building at heights up to 40 feet without adequate fall protection and have issued citations to the company. The company committed similar violations in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 11, 2017
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON – A report released today under the labor chapter of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Trade and Labor Affairs identifies significant concerns regarding Colombian labor law enforcement, as well as concerns with the prosecution of cases of anti-union violence. The report responds to a submission filed under the CTPA by the AFL-CIO and five Colombian workers’ organizations.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 11, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Department of Labor investigated two popular Solvang tourist restaurants and determined that they denied wait staff break time to express breast milk in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – Preliminary data released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration indicate that in 2016, 26 miners died in work-related accidents at the nation’s mines – down from 29 in 2015. The figure represents the lowest number of mining deaths ever recorded and only the second year that mining deaths dropped below 30. Currently, approximately 330,000 miners work in more than 13,000 U.S. mines.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. – The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against Jasper Roofing Contractors Inc. and its owner/chief executive officer, Brian Wedding, for terminating their safety manager after he cooperated with a safety and health inspection by the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 9, 2017
The US Labor Department published a one page rule on Jan. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 9, 2017
The US Labor Department published a two page rule on Jan. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: SAINT ROSE, La. – A routine investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs found that Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits of Louisiana, LLC, systemically discriminated against black applicants in its hiring practices at its St. Rose warehouse facility. The company has entered into a consent decree to resolve the department’s claims.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: VERONA, N.J. – Acting on a complaint in June 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found employees of one of the area’s largest general contractors working in an unprotected 10-foot deep excavation at a suburban New Jersey high school, in violation of federal safety and health laws.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 9, 2017
The US Labor Department published a seven page proposed rule on Jan. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 9, 2017
The US Labor Department published a two page proposed rule on Jan. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the December 2016 Employment Situation report released today: “The U.S. economy again demonstrated its strength in December. The economy added 156,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 4.7 percent, ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON – A new rule issued today by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration dramatically lowers workplace exposure to beryllium, a strategically important material that can cause devastating lung diseases. The new beryllium standards for general industry, construction and shipyards will require employers to take additional, practical measures to protect an estimated 62,000 workers from these serious risks.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 5, 2017
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 5, 2017
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 5, 2017
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 5, 2017
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
