By Labor Gazette | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – Despite their ability to occupy a variety of jobs, people with disabilities only account for 19.8 percent of the workforce, have more than double the unemployment rate compared to the general population and continue to face barriers finding work. To improve employment opportunities for adults and youth with disabilities, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced grants totaling $14.9 million as part of the Disability Employment Initiative to six states.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: READING, Pa. – In the last several months, workers at a Reading facility for children and youth in crisis became victims in at least 10 incidents of workplace violence, federal workplace safety and health inspectors have found.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 13, 2016
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has awarded $10.5 million in one-year federal safety and health training grants to 77 nonprofit organizations nationwide. The grants will provide training and education for workers and employers on the recognition, ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 12, 2016
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 12, 2016
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – In light of the devastation following recent storms and flooding in Louisiana, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employee Benefits Security Phyllis C. Borzi announced today an update on compliance with employee benefit plan rules for those adversely impacted in the state since Aug. 11, 2016.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez today issued the following statement in response to California Gov. Jerry Brown signing Senate Bill 1015 and Assembly Bill 1066.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: PROSSER, Neb. - As he cleared soybean debris a 41-year-old elevator superintendent suffocated when his lifeline tangled in an unguarded and rotating auger. A federal investigation into the worker's death found multiple violations of federal safety standards for grain handling at the Cooperative Producers Inc. Hayland facility in Prosser.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: THOMSON, Ga. – Federal safety inspectors often find that permanent and temporary employees in the auto parts industry face common workplace dangers such as falls, amputations and electrocution hazards – a trend U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors found continues at a Thomson manufacturer of BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Fiat-Chrysler, Subaru and General Motors parts.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: STRASBURG, Ohio ‒ A Millersburg roofing contractor faces $94,064 in federal penalties after investigators observed nine employees atop a single-family Strasburg home without adequate fall protection systems in place.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: CLEVELAND, Ohio – Just weeks after a machine operator suffered third-degree chemical burns to his left foot after falling into an acid-etching tank heated to more than 170 degrees, federal inspectors posted an imminent danger notice at A-Brite Plating when they found workers climbing atop the same acid tanks at the Cleveland auto parts plating facility.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 9, 2016
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 8, 2016
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: CONNEAUT, Ohio – For the fifth time since 2013, federal investigators have been called to an Ohio aluminum foundry to investigate the serious injury of a worker.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – Oil and gas industry workers often work long hours to provide essential products for the nation’s economy. In return, these employees expect their employers to pay them fairly and fully, as the law requires. For 750 workers employed by one of the world’s largest industry operators, this was not the case.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 8, 2016
The US Labor Department published a one page proposed rule on Sept. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 7, 2016
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Sept. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: VAN BUREN, Mo. – In an emergency, a blocked exit can be the difference between life and death for employees and customer alike. Yet, Dollar General – one of the nation’s largest discount retailers – continues to ignore federal workplace safety inspectors who have found repeated instances where the company allows stacked merchandise to block exit routes.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: NEW ORLEANS – Two Gulf Coast staffing agencies have agreed to paid 353 workers nearly $516,000 in back wages after U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found they classified employees incorrectly as independent contractors and mislabeled wages as per-diem reimbursement for expenses never incurred.
