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ExxonMobil Corporation was required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor to reinstate two workers and pay them more than $800,000 in back pay, interest and compensatory damages.
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5 notices published in week ending Oct. 15 by Labor Department
There were five notices published by the Labor Department in week ending Oct. 15, according to the Federal Register.
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Murray, Hirono, Shaheen, Warren Applaud DOD Action to Ensure Access to Reproductive Care
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, applauded the Department of Defense’s (DOD) memorandum on ensuring access to reproductive health care...
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Senator Murray Helps 6K+ Child Care Programs in Washington State Keep Doors Open to Serve Families
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), issued the following statement on new data released by the White House showing that the child care stabilization funding she secured in the American Rescue Plan...
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Labor Department discusses Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice of Termination, Suspension, Reduction, or Increase in Benefit Payments on Oct. 21
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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US Department of Labor urges West Virginia highway construction industry to join survey to set accurate prevailing wage rates
News Release: CHARLESTON, WV - The U.S. Department of Labor is asking the West Virginia highway construction industry to participate in a survey to help the department’s Wage and Hour Division establish prevailing wage rates, as required by federal law.
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Foxx, Allen Tell NLRB to Stop Election Methods that Coerce, Disenfranchise Voters
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) sent a letter to National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) Chairman Lauren M. McFerran requesting the agency return to manual, onsite, secret-ballot elections.
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Foxx, Allen Oppose DOL Efforts to Restrict Free Speech on Behalf of Unions
Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) sent a letter yesterday to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Marty Walsh to oppose DOL’s new rule which could severely restrict the free speech of federal contractors.
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Murray, Hirono, Shaheen, Warren Applaud DOD Action to Ensure Access to Reproductive Care
Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), Senator Mazie K.
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Pharmaceutical Sales Representative Admits Role in Health Care Fraud and Criminal HIPAA Schemes
A former pharmaceutical sales representative admitted his role in two criminal conspiracies involving health care fraud and wrongful obtaining and disclosure of patients’ protected personal health information, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced today
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Albuquerque man indicted for mail, wire fraud
Charges arise from scheme to defraud COVID assistance program
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Doctor Sentenced for Accepting Illegal Kickback Payment in Return for Writing Prescriptions for Compounded Drugs
A doctor licensed in the states of Oklahoma and Texas was sentenced for writing and referring compounded drug prescriptions in return for illegal kickback payments, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
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Former Manager of Long Island Catering Hall Sentenced to 72 Months for Forced Labor
Defendant Threatened Filipino Nationals with Arrest and Deportation
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United States Resolves Construction and Procurement Investigation into Route 6/10 Project; Former Superintendent to Plead Guilty; Massachusetts Construction Company to Pay $1.5 Million in Connection with False Statements
United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha announced today the resolution of federal criminal and civil investigations into Barletta Heavy Division, Inc., the Massachusetts construction firm responsible for construction of the Route 6/10 Interchange Project, and Dennis Ferreira, former Superintendent for the project.
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The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces Celebrates 40th Anniversary
The Department of Justice’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) was created by Presidential Order four decades ago. On Oct. 14, 1982, in the Great Hall of the Department of Justice building, President Ronald Reagan announced a new coordinated federal government effort bringing together prosecutors and law enforcement agencies to attack the command and control elements of the drug trafficking organizations responsible for moving massive quantities of illicit narcotics into the country
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US Department of Labor initiative seeks to protect North Carolina’s sweet potato farmworkers from wage theft, other violations
US Department of Labor initiative seeks to protect North Carolina’s sweet potato farmworkers from wage theft, other violations
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