By Labor Gazette | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – At 13, Sonia Pierre began her stand for workers’ rights in the Dominican Republic, leading a march to demand humane working conditions for sugar cane harvesters in the “batey” – the worker settlement in which she grew up.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued a statement regarding today’s release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of its Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: EL DORADO SPRINGS, Mo. – A federal workplace safety inspection – that occurred only after a federal court ordered an El Dorado Springs sheet metal manufacturer to allow inspectors to respond to complaints of unsafe working conditions and employee injuries – led to the discovery of more than a dozen repeated and serious violations and an assessment of $138,430 in proposed fines.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 16, 2016
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 16, 2016
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 16, 2016
The US Labor Department published a four page notice on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 16, 2016
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. General Services Administration, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Labor, today announced the plan for environmental, transportation and historic preservation studies at the Frances Perkins Building and other sites being explored for the department’s new headquarters.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: BOISE, Idaho – Brandon Horine’s first day at work removing shingles from a residential roof in Nampa was also his last. Without required fall protection equipment in place, the 42-year-old worker fell to the ground on Sept. 12, 2016 – suffering severe brain trauma that ended his life several days later.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON – On a motel housekeeper’s wages, Iris Castro lives on a budget that barely makes ends meet. When her aging parents’ ill health demanded medications, she couldn’t afford to send money home to her native Honduras. Unable to return home, she is left to mourn their deaths in the past two years and saddened by her inability to help pay for their care.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found a Dudley contract packager failed to inform the agency as required that a temporary worker needed hospitalization after he sustained a serious injury on May 26, 2016. Even worse, the employer failed to contact emergency medical services immediately when the injury occurred.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: CUSSETA, Ala. – When she wasn’t employed as a temporary worker at a Cusseta manufacturer that stamps metal parts for Hyundai and Kia vehicles, Regina Allen Elsea was making final plans for her wedding and looking forward to a new life with her future husband.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: ANDOVER, Mass. – An employee of Ned Stevens Gutter Cleaning and General Contracting of Massachusetts Inc. was injured when he fell 9 feet from a garage roof in Lexington on Oct. 24, 2016. It was the second such incident in Massachusetts in less than a year for the New Jersey-based company that specializes in cleaning gutters and roofs. On Nov. 29, 2015, another employee fell 26 feet from a roof in Newton.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. – An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has recovered $123,574 in back wages and damages for 22 underpaid workers at four Mozzarella’s and Fitzy’s Pub Family restaurants in southern New England. The employers also paid $4,114 in civil monetary penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: TROY, Mich. – A Michigan-based auto components manufacturer and supplier will pay 526 workers $75,064 – representing $37,532 in unpaid overtime wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages – after federal investigators determined the company calculated their overtime pay incorrectly.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 14, 2016
The US Labor Department published a three page rule on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 13, 2016
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Dec. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. – The owner of three Buffalo-area gas stations has paid a total of $84,000 in back wages and damages to 41 employees after an investigation by the Buffalo area office of U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. – An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has recovered $123,574 in back wages and damages for 22 underpaid workers at four Mozzarella’s and Fitzy’s Pub Family restaurants in southern New England. The employers also paid $4,114 in civil monetary penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: MOSINEE, Wis. – A federal investigation, prompted by the death of a 51-year-old chemical technician at a coatings company’s facility in Mosinee, has resulted in multiple safety violations.
