By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
With proper training, people working in metal casting facilities know that mixing water and molten material can be a serious, if not deadly mistake, as tragic incidents at two Ohio companies in 2022 showed.
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
During the enforcement pause, OSHA offered technical assistance to protect the safety and health of thousands of crews and individual workers.
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
An Alabama plastics manufacturing company has pleaded guilty to a willful violation of workplace safety requirements as part of an agreement filed in federal court spurred initially by a U.S. Department of Labor investigation into a 45-year-old worker's death in Helena in August 2017.
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
In the summer of 2022, onlookers noticed a delivery truck stopped at about 8:15 a.m. one Wednesday morning on the University of Birmingham campus near what would have been the driver's first drop-off.
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
Following yet another inspection – this time at a West Lafayette, Ohio, Dollar General location – federal investigators found one of the nation's largest discount retailers continues to shelve serious safety concerns that expose workers and others to the dangers of blocked emergency exits and electrical panels, and boxes of merchandise stacked at unsafe heights.
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
A U.S. Department of Labor investigation has determined a Carrollton, Texas, lumber supplier and retailer could have prevented the death of an 18-year-old worker who was struck by a forklift at a Rison, Arkansas, worksite in July 2022 by following federal safety requirements.
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS – SECOND QUARTER 2022
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- DECEMBER 2022
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
Job openings rates decreased in 8 states and increased in 7 states on the last business day of November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
Median weekly earnings of the nation's 118.8 million full-time wage and salary workers were $1,085 in the fourth quarter of 2022 (not seasonally adjusted), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
The union membership rate--the percent of wage and salary workers who were members ofunions--was 10.1 percent in 2022, down from 10.3 percent in 2021, the U.S. Bureau ofLabor Statistics reported today.
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of a $10 million cooperative agreement to The Ergo Group to provide assistance to state labor courts in Mexico in protecting worker rights as part of the country’s 2019 labor law reform.
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
The governments of the U.S. and Mexico signed a memorandum of understanding on Jan. 17, 2023, to strengthen protections for workers participating in temporary foreign worker programs.
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
FEMA announced today young leaders across the nation can now apply to become a part of the 2023 Youth Preparedness Council (YPC).
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
FEMA has awarded grants to 63,000 households affected by Hurricane Ian for rental assistance or basic repairs of their storm-damaged home, and to date more than 4,000 households have participated in temporary hotel stays paid for by FEMA.
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
Disaster survivors in Autauga, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore and Hale counties who applied for assistance from FEMA will receive an eligibility determination letter from FEMA in the mail or via email.
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) obligated over $60.2 million distributed among 12 subprojects for the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) that include generation, transmission and distribution units in Bayamón, Caguas, Mayagüez, Ponce, San Juan and Toa Baja.
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
FEMA is accepting applications for the Youth Preparedness Council, a program that brings teens together from across the nation who are interested and engaged in community preparedness.
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
FEMA is meeting survivors where they are to help jumpstart their recovery from the Jan. 12 severe storms and tornadoes.
By Press release submission | Jan 29, 2023
FEMA is meeting survivors where they are to help jumpstart their recovery from the Jan. 12 severe storms and tornadoes.
