By Labor Gazette | Dec 9, 2016
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 9, 2016
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 9, 2016
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 9, 2016
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 9, 2016
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 9, 2016
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez today announced the appointments of five new members to the 2017 Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans , known as the ERISA Advisory Council. He also announced the incoming chair and vice chair of the council.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: Date of Action: Dec. 8, 2016 Type of Action: Employee Retirement Income Security Act lawsuit Names of Defendants: Nicholas C. Caro N.C. Caro M.D., S.C.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS – One of the nation’s leading financial planning companies discriminated in pay against black employees, an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has found.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: RIPON, Wis. – For the second time in less than two months, federal safety and health inspectors found an employee at one of world’s leading commercial laundry equipment manufacturers suffered an amputation injury because a machine lacked adequate safety guarding.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: MELROSE PARK, Ill. – Just six weeks after a machine amputated a maintenance worker’s left hand as he cleared jammed material stuck in a machine at its Melrose Park bread products facility, the company reported a second worker’s right forearm suffered multiple fractures as he cleaned another machine. ...

By Labor Gazette | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: NEW YORK – A Queens-based operator of residential nursing homes and adult care facilities will pay a total of $2,006,796 in back wages and liquidated damages to 844 underpaid employees at five locations in eastern New York following a federal investigation of alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 8, 2016
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 7, 2016
The US Labor Department published a one page rule on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 7, 2016
The US Labor Department published a two page proposed rule on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 7, 2016
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: BOSTON – For several years, inspections by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration identified a disturbing pattern of defective forklifts being used to move, handle, load and unload freight in at least 11 Central Transport LLC shipping terminals in nine states. Their use exposed employees to hazards that could cause crushing or struck-by injuries at multiple locations, including Central Transport’s Billerica terminal.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: NEW YORK – A Garden City restaurant and catering hall will pay a total of $285,800 in back wages and liquidated damages to 24 underpaid employees to resolve violations of the minimum wage, overtime and recordkeeping requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The company will also pay $24,200 in civil ...

By Labor Gazette | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: EVANSTON, Ill. ‒ A Burbank contractor failed to provide employees remodeling a home in Evanston with adequate protection from falls and the personal protective equipment and training needed to work safely with silica and portland cement.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: O’FALLON, Ill. ‒ Federal investigators saw eight workers at risk of falls of more than 14 feet while re-roofing a commercial structure in O’Fallon in October 2016 because their employer failed to provide adequate fall protection.