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Release: Employer: Heart2Heart Homecare Service Inc.
Investigation site: 483 John R. Junkin Drive
Natchez, MS 39120
Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found the employer - a third-party entity that provides workers to private homes needing assistance - failed ...
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Foxx Skewers HHS for Endangering Unaccompanied Children
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) latest report detailing the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Administration for Children and Families’ cover-up of its endangerment of countless unaccompanied children at the southern border...
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New notice from Occupational Safety and Health Administration to be published on Sept. 30
There is one release scheduled to be published on Sept. 30.
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Mine Safety and Health Administration set to publish a new notice on Sept. 30
There are two releases scheduled to be published on Sept. 30.
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Fargo window manufacturer earns ‘Star’ level designation for exemplary workplace safety, health programs
Release: WHO: Marvin
Fargo, North Dakota
WHAT: Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Voluntary Protection Program
Star Level Designation
BACKGROUND: The company earned recognition for their commitment to safety and health programs leading to designation as Star Level VPP site. Marvin employs ...
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US Department of Labor finds Cupertino company allowed minors to work illegally as delivery drivers, misclassified workers as independent contractors
News Release: SAN JOSE, CA - The U.S. Department of Labor has assessed $139,398, in penalties to a Silicon Valley delivery company that brings consumers specialty foods from well-known restaurants, bakeries, cafes and other California providers for hiring dozens of minor-aged workers as drivers, a prohibited occupation under federal child labor laws.
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Lewis: 'Child labor laws protect teens' health'
The Department of Labor fined a Fort Wayne, Ind., company more than $42,000 for child labor violations discovered at 11 of its locations in Indiana and Michigan.
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US Department of Labor announces new reports, tools in global effort to end child, forced labor
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor has announced updated and new tools designed to eliminate child and forced labor worldwide by detailing the scope and potential sources of the problems, and providing guidance to those combating them.
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US Department of Labor recovers $104K for Tulsa-area security workers after investigation finds employer misclassified workers
News Release: TULSA, OK - A federal investigation into the pay practices of a Tulsa security company has recovered $103,979, in back wages for 55 current and former employees denied their rights to overtime pay for hours over 40 in a workweek.
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US Department of Labor finds Chicago-area candymaker again exposes workers to amputation from machine hazards at Bellwood facility
News Release: BELLWOOD, IL - A federal workplace safety inspection found a Chicago-area candy manufacturer’s long history of violations for machine safety requirements continues after the company exposed workers to amputation hazards and failed to utilize lockout procedures for the third time in five years at its Bellwood site.
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What releases are upcoming from the Mine Safety and Health Administration on Sept. 29
There are three releases scheduled to be published on Sept. 29.
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El Departamento de Trabajo de EEUU y el Consulado de México en Little Rock renuevan el acuerdo para ayudar a los trabajadores migrantes de la región a conocer sus derechos legales.
Release: Lisa Kelly, de la División de Horas y Salarios de la oficina de Nashville y Carlos I. Giralt Cabrales del Consulado de México en Little Rock se unen a Michael Speer y Hanz Grünauer de la división para renovar una alianza para proteger a los trabajadores mexicanos.
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US Department of Labor recovers more than $74K in back wages for 628 workers employed by Arkansas staffing agency
Release: Employer name: Primeforce Inc., operating as Elite Workforce Management
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US Department of Labor recovers $77K in back wages for 25 workers from North Carolina home healthcare provider that denied required overtime pay
Release: Employer: Stat Etc. Inc.
Operating as Queen City Home and Medical Staffing
Investigation site: 530 E. Innes St.
Salisbury, NC 28144
Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found the employer paid straight-time rates for all hours worked. By doing so, ...
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US Department of Labor, Consulate of Mexico in Little Rock renew agreement to help region’s migrant workers to know their legal rights
Release: Lisa Kelly, of the Wage and Hour Division’s Nashville office and Carlos I. Giralt Cabrales of Mexican Consulate in Little Rock join the division’s Michael Speer and Hanz Grünauer to renew an alliance to protect native Mexican workers.
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US Department of Labor finds drywall company denied 55 Houston workers overtime, benefits by misclassifying them as independent contractors
Release: Employer name: Omega Drywall Company Inc.
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US Department of Labor obtains judgment to recover $9.3M in back wages, damages for 1,756 workers misclassified by Philadelphia staffing company
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment that will recover $9.3 million in back wages and liquidated damages for 1,756 employees of a Philadelphia healthcare staffing company that misclassified them and willfully denied their hard-earned overtime pay.
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US Department of Labor cites Ashland cabinet manufacturer after 33-year-old technician suffers fatal electrocution
News Release: ASHLAND, AL - A federal workplace safety investigation into a maintenance technician’s fatal electrocution found an Ashland cabinet manufacturer might have prevented the incident by following required safety standards.
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Demolition company in fatal Government Center garage collapse in Boston faces nearly $1.2M in fines for willfully exposing workers to hazards
News Release: BOSTON - A heavy equipment operator doing demolition on the eighth floor of the Government Center garage in downtown Boston died on March 26, 2022, when the partially demolished floor collapsed, and the 11,000-pound excavator and its operator fell 80 feet. It was the employee’s first day on the job.
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Gaylord Opryland will pay $630K in back wages, interest to 250 applicants to resolve race, gender hiring discrimination allegations
News Release: NASHVILLE, TN - A Nashville resort and conference center has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor in which the employer will pay $630,722, in back wages and interest to resolve allegations that they discriminated against 250 Black, Asian and female applicants for housekeeping positions during a two-year period.
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