By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) celebrated the U.S. House of Representatives passing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023, which included key initiatives spearheaded by Congressman Scott.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
On Friday, House and Senate education leaders wrote a letter urging the Department of Education to increase its oversight of online program managers (OPMs)—third-party companies that help colleges run and recruit students for online academic programs—to ensure they are not engaging in abusive recruiting practices.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced that 357,056 participants of the Central States Pension Fund will have their retirement benefits saved and 1,005 businesses contributing to the plan will be protected.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) led a letter with 52 House Democrats to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in support of its proposed joint employer rule.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor found a Fort Valley community center’s failure to provide timely career counseling, information and referrals to three adult workers with developmental disabilities led to violations of federal regulations, and the recovery of $12,211 in back wages for the workers.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $503,053 in back wages and liquidated damages for 227 workers of a Panama City Beach hotel staffing agency that denied them full wages and benefits when the employer misclassified them as independent contractors.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking current and former employees of a Tempe construction contractor who may be owed a share of more than $2.6 million in overtime wages and damages recovered after a federal court approved a consent judgment in response to litigation and a long-standing investigation by the department.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
A U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found a St. Petersburg restaurant ran afoul of federal law, leading to the recovery of $28,162 in back wages for 36 employees, and changes to the employers’ pay practices.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $370,194 in back wages and liquidated damages from the owners of two restaurants in Los Angeles and Pasadena who illegally denied overtime wages to 54 workers, and attempted to hide their misdeeds.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
A federal court in Nebraska today entered a consent order and judgment in which Packers Sanitation Services Inc. LTD – one of the nation’s largest providers of food safety sanitation services – agreed to immediately comply with child labor laws at all facilities nationwide and to take significant steps to ensure future compliance, including employing an outside compliance specialist.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. recuperó $370,194 en salarios atrasados y compensación por daños de los dueños de dos restaurantes en Los Ángeles y Pasadena que ilegalmente negaron el pago de horas extra a 54 trabajadores y trataron de ocultarlo.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
While 77 care workers employed by Seattle-area adult family home providers worked long hours to ensure the well-being and daily needs of older adults and people with disabilities, a federal investigation has found their employers were shortchanging them $530,418 in wages.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found that the commercial roofing contractor classified employees as laborers and roofers incorrectly while they performed sheet metal work on a federally funded project.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found Justar Fashion – a garment contractor that produces apparel for retailers such as Stitch Fix, Indigo and Evereve – failed to pay minimum wage and overtime as required by paying workers on a piece-rate basis and at straight-time rates regardless of the overtime hours they worked.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
US Department of Labor recovers $250K in wages, damages for servers, bartenders denied full wages, overtime by employer’s illegal pay practices
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
US Department of Labor recovers more than $17K for illegally terminated employee after Publix Super Markets Inc. violates medical leave protections
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
A 33-count indictment was unsealed today charging four people with joining together to defraud and commit offenses against the United States, including human trafficking of individuals from Central America, benefiting from forced labor, money laundering, and various other immigration-related offenses, such as harboring undocumented non-citizens.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
Gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) in the world of work is pervasive across all industries and occupations in the United States and around the world.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
A man from Novi was sentenced for orchestrating an unemployment insurance fraud scheme aimed at defrauding the State of Michigan and the U.S. Government of funds earmarked for unemployment assistance during the COVID19 pandemic, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.
By Press release submission | Dec 12, 2022
A rapper who boasted in a YouTube music video about getting rich quickly by scamming a COVID relief program was sentenced today to 77 months in federal prison.
