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Federal court orders Minneapolis healthcare provider to pay $1.6M in back wages, damages to 136 employees, after US Department of Labor investigation

The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment in federal court requiring a Minneapolis private in-home care provider to pay $1.6 million in back wages and damages, as part of the department’s effort to recover unpaid overtime wages for 136 healthcare workers in the Twin-Cities area.


Federal court orders Michigan assisted living facility, owner to pay $15K in back wages, damages after Department of Labor investigation

A federal court has ordered the owner of a Haslett assisted living facility to pay $15,238 in back wages and damages to six healthcare workers, whom the employer failed to pay during meal breaks when their duties forced them to work during or through the breaks.


Federal court orders Carbondale café, owner to pay $98K in back wages, damages to 31 employees, rectifying jury decision that shorted back wages

The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a federal court order requiring a Carbondale café to pay 31 workers $98,400 in back wages and damages for operating an illegal tip pool, almost six months after a jury awarded the workers $4,900 – just 10 percent of their back wages – in what the department alleged was an error based on the jury’s instructions and how they interpreted the evidence at trial.


Chemicals manufactured or distributed in Rhode Island were earmarked to be exported to a company with ties to the Chinese military


Usitc Launches New Investigations Database System

The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) today deployed the Investigations Database System (IDS), an innovative new data management tool that captures, manages, and displays USITC investigation-related information.


Turkey and revocation of the antidumping duty orders on rebar from Japan, Taiwan, and Turkey would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.


Usitc Makes Determinations In Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews Concerning Carbon And Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate From Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, And Turkey

Austria, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, and Turkey would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.


Readout Of Inaugural Meeting Of Us-Uk Comprehensive Dialogue On Technology & Data on Jan 12

Readout Of Inaugural Meeting Of Us-Uk Comprehensive Dialogue On Technology & Data


Business Formation Statistics Monthly Data Release

The U.S. Census Bureau today released new Business Formation Statistics (BFS) for December 2022. The BFS provide timely and high frequency information on new business applications and formations in the United States.


NIST, Partners Develop Living Reference Material for Producing Monoclonal Antibodies

Publicly available NISTCHO cell line expands the biomanufacturing and research applications of NIST’s monoclonal antibody standard, NISTmAb.


We are crawling on a sandy beach on San Miguel Island off the coast of California, making sure the wind is not at our backs.


NTIA Launches Inquiry on how Data Practices Affect Civil Rights

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today announced a Request for Comment on how companies’ data practices may impose outsized harm on marginalized or underserved communities.


Meet Amilee Wilson: Alaska Region’s New Tribal Relations Coordinator

NOAA Fisheries’ Alaska Region has selected Amilee Wilson as their new Tribal Relations Coordinator.


Dam Removal Puts California Salmon in Hot Pursuit of Cold Water

California salmon are now traversing a rocky stretch of river northeast of Sacramento for the first time in a century.


Join us for the eeBLUE aquaculture literacy mini-grant symposium

Join us for the eeBLUE aquaculture literacy mini-grant symposium


2022 in Review: Our Top Habitat Conservation Stories

NOAA’s Office of Habitat Conservation made significant progress conserving, protecting, and restoring habitat in 2022


Funding Opportunity Open for Chesapeake Bay Fisheries Research

Funding Opportunity Open for Chesapeake Bay Fisheries Research



Artifacts, Begone! NIST Improves Its Flagship Device for Measuring Mass

For the first time, the NIST-4 Kibble balance directly incorporates a quantum standard for electrical resistance.


The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from phase 3.7 of the experimental Household Pulse Survey (HPS).