By Labor Gazette | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Biden-Harris administration – through the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Treasury and the Office of Personnel Management – today issued an interim final rule with comment period to continue implementation of the No Surprises Act, a consumer protection law that helps curb the practice known as “surprise billing” for medical care.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 30, 2021
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Sept. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 30, 2021
The US Labor Department published a four page notice on Sept. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 30, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 30, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 30, 2021
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Sept. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 30, 2021
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Sept. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 30, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 30, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 30, 2021
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Sept. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 30, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: WESTWOOD, NJ – Owners of two Westwood car wash establishments and an oil change shop routinely shortchanged employees who worked long hours doing physically demanding work. As a result of a federal investigation and recent court order, the firm must pay $325,000 in back wages and liquidated damages for failing to pay the minimum wage and overtime. Some employees who worked as many as 70 hours in a workweek received only straight time for all the hours they worked.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh-based company that provides IT support to health plan providers has agreed to pay $410,000 in back pay and interest after a federal compliance evaluation alleged the federal contractor’s pay practices discriminated against 67 employees in the Associate Consultant and Consultant ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the release of the 20th annual edition of the “Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor.” Prepared by the department’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs , the report shines a spotlight on child labor abuses globally and describes progress made by some countries in upholding their international commitments to eliminate these abuses.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration has awarded $10,537,000 in grant funding to support safety and health training, and other programs. MSHA awarded grants to 46 states, the Navajo Nation and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of nearly $68 million in grant funding to help 29 organizations in 20 states and territories connect job seekers to employment as the economy continues its recovery from the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. The grant awards are part of a total $90 million in funding announced on Aug. 19 , 2021.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: LASALLE, CO – A federal workplace safety investigation into the death of a 44-year-old worker, who drowned when the vacuum truck he was driving entered an unguarded manure holding pit, concluded that a LaSalle dairy farm failed to protect its workers from drowning and chemical hazards.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: WESTWOOD, NJ – Owners of two Westwood car wash establishments and an oil change shop routinely shortchanged employees who worked long hours doing physically demanding work. As a result of a federal investigation and recent court order, the firm must pay $325,000 in back wages and liquidated damages for failing to pay the minimum wage and overtime. Some employees who worked as many as 70 hours in a workweek received only straight time for all the hours they worked.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: LASALLE, CO – A federal workplace safety investigation into the death of a 44-year-old worker, who drowned when the vacuum truck he was driving entered an unguarded manure holding pit, concluded that a LaSalle dairy farm failed to protect its workers from drowning and chemical hazards.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh-based company that provides IT support to health plan providers has agreed to pay $410,000 in back pay and interest after a federal compliance evaluation alleged the federal contractor’s pay practices discriminated against 67 employees in the Associate Consultant and Consultant ...
