By Labor Gazette | Aug 29, 2016
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – Since October 2015, eight fatalities and more than 1,100 nonfatal accidents have occurred in the nation’s coal mines, resulting in restricted duty, missed days at work, and permanent disabilities for the miners who worked there. While injury rates have been fairly consistent during this time period, records indicate a trend in accidents resulting in more serious injuries. The circumstances in at least 30 of the accidents might have led to fatalities.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – At the U.S. Department of Labor headquarters in Washington today, U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez renewed partnership agreements with embassy officials representing the governments of Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru and the Philippines. The renewals come as the department kicks ...
By Labor Gazette | Aug 26, 2016
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Aug. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 26, 2016
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Aug. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 26, 2016
The US Labor Department published a one page proposed rule on Aug. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 25, 2016
The US Labor Department published a two page proposed rule on Aug. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 25, 2016
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Aug. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 25, 2016
The US Labor Department published a three page proposed rule on Aug. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 25, 2016
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Aug. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 25, 2016
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Aug. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 25, 2016
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Aug. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 25, 2016
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Aug. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 25, 2016
The US Labor Department published a one page rule on Aug. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – One third of all workers do not have access to retirement savings plans through their employer. That’s why in every budget since taking office, President Obama has proposed federal legislation to automatically enroll workers in an Individual Retirement Account if they don’t have access to ...
By Labor Gazette | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: Date of Action: Aug. 11, 2016 Type of Action: Complaint Name of Defendants: Direct HR Services Inc.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs has proposed a new rule to provide clarity regarding maximum and minimum compensation rates for claims payable under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act and its extensions.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: FOLEY, Minn. – Imagine paying for the right to pick vegetables, and then traveling more than 2,000 miles – from the Dominican Republic to a Minnesota farm where your employer demanded you kick back a portion of your wages and the entire cost of the airfare you paid – all in violation of federal law.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: CHERRY HILL, N.J. – One of the nation’s largest commercial transportation companies will finally pay driver dispatchers and trailer yard spotters for the long hours they worked, following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: ST. LOUIS – Their drivers may have delivered the mail through snow, rain, heat and the gloom of night, but 16 mail haulers contracted by the U.S. Postal Service failed to pay full wages and benefits to more than 250 of their drivers in violation of federal law, an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division has found.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 24, 2016
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Aug. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
