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News Release: WASHINGTON – The Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans , also known as the ERISA Advisory Council, will meet at U.S. Department of Labor headquarters Nov. 9-10, 2016, to finalize their recommendations and to receive an update from the Employee Benefits Security Administration.

Job Corps launches pilot to increase college readiness, retention in partnership with The Tom Joyner Foundation

News Release: WASHINGTON – The Job Corps program and national non-profit the Tom Joyner Foundation have entered into an innovative pilot partnership to help prepare students achieve greater success in college, the U.S. Department of Labor announced today.

US Labor Department announces National Apprenticeship Week 2016

News Release: Washington – Employers, unions, community colleges, and others are hosting hundreds of open houses and other events to commemorate the second annual National Apprenticeship Week, Nov. 14-20, 2016. The department’s call to action is to register 600 events to double last year’s number. These events will ...

OSHA cites both South Dakota refinery, construction companies after worker suffers fatal burns when ethanol ignites during expansion project

News Release: HUDSON, S.D. – Federal investigators found multiple safety violations at a South Dakota ethanol refinery expansion project after a 38-year-old pipefitter suffered fatal burn injuries when ethanol spilled from a process pipe he was working on and was ignited by flames from nearby welding operations.

US Department of Labor secures $866K judgment against fiduciaries of the California Pacific Bank’s employee benefit plan in San Francisco

News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Department of Labor has secured a judgment against San Francisco-based California Pacific Bank and four individual fiduciaries, requiring them to pay $866,840 in retirement benefits, plus interest, to employees who participated in the company’s stock ownership benefits plan.

US Labor Department releases advance copies of 2016 Form 5500 Annual Return/Report

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration , the Internal Revenue Service, and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation today released advance informational copies of the 2016 Form 5500 annual return/report and related instructions. The “Changes to Note” section ...

OSHA finds Ohio rail track repair kit manufacturer exposes workers to machine, silica, falls, noise and other hazards; proposes $159K in fines

News Release: NAPOLEON, Ohio – An Ohio manufacturer of railroad track repair kits routinely exposed its workers amputation risks and other serious injuries as they serviced and maintained industrial core machine mixers, an inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.

OSHA focuses on reducing amputations suffered by Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas workers

News Release: DALLAS – For manufacturing industry workers, amputation is serious risk and the cause of more than a 1,400 serious injuries each year. In 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration received reports of more than 2,600 amputations nationwide – 57 percent of them suffered by manufacturing workers.

Notice published by Labor Department on Nov. 1

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

What did Labor Department publish on Nov. 1?

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Notice published on Oct. 31 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Oct. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Labor Department publishes notice on Oct. 31

The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Oct. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Notice published by Labor Department on Oct. 31

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

US Labor Department announces new online tool to help workers, employers understand medical- and disability-related leave

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today unveiled a new online tool to help employees and employers understand the medical and disability leave to which employees may be entitled to manage medical conditions and disabilities. The launch of the Medical-and Disability-Related Leave Advisor culminates ...

OSHA investigation of two serious employee injuries finds global filtration manufacturer failed to protect workers from safety and health hazards

News Release: MINERAL WELLS, Texas – While investigating one serious employee injury in May 2016, at PECOFacet – a global manufacturer of filtration and containment products – inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found themselves investigating a second incident in which another employee was hurt seriously three days after they arrived.

What did Labor Department publish on Oct. 31?

The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Oct. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Ohio trailer lining manufacturer faces nearly $215K in fines after OSHA finds company disabled safety devices, exposed workers to hazards

News Release: PATASKALA, Ohio – For at least two years, an Ohio manufacturer of thermoplastic lining systems for truck bodies and trailers exposed workers to the risk of amputation and other serious injury by disabling safety devices to speed production.

Notice published on Oct. 31 by Labor Department