News and reports from the Department of Labor.

The former director of a residential addiction-recovery center in Florida faces more than eight years in prison and a nearly $32 million fine for his role in a massive fraud scheme.

News Release: Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the Biden administration’s final charter school rule which will limit options for students and families...

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement regarding the termination of the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers Program:

News Release: SULPHUR SPRINGS, TX - A federal workplace safety investigation found that a temporary worker suffered serious injuries on Jan. 3, 2022, after being struck by a large mold at a Texas concrete polymer manufacturing company. It was determined that the employer failed to install machine guards that would have prevented the incident.

News Release: MORTON, MS - Work in a poultry processing plant is hard: the hours are often long and the jobs expose workers to serious safety and health hazards. In return for subjecting themselves to high noise levels, dangerous equipment, slippery floors, hazardous chemicals and biological dangers, and the common risks of musculoskeletal disorders, a Mississippi worker’s mean annual wage is less than $30,000.

Wendy Chun-Hoon, director of the U.S. Department of Labor's Women’s Bureau, issued an official statement addressing the Supreme Court's June 24 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that established a woman's right to abortion.

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Keller (R-PA) sent a letter to Labor Department Secretary Marty Walsh opposing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) proposed rule which ignores worker privacy and revives controversial Obama-era recordkeeping regulations.

News Release: CONNEAUT, OH - An Ohio aluminum vehicle parts manufacturer cited for safety and health violations after a worker in Ravenna suffered fatal injuries in March 2021, continues to put workers at risk.

There were 34 press releases published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in June.

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor marked the 50th anniversary of the enactment of Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 with a roundtable discussion at its “Celebrating Title IX" webinar hosted by the department’s Women’s Bureau.

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced its Veterans’ Employment and Training Service has signed a memorandum of understanding with eight organizations to serve as partners in support of VETS’ Employment Navigator and Partnership Pilot.

News Release: BIRMINGHAM, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $62,568 in back wages and liquidated damages for 22 current and former cashiers of two Alabama gas stations whose operator denied them their full wages by paying them overtime at rates lower than the law requires.

News Release: CENTER, TX - A federal investigation recovered $247,334 in back wages and liquidated damages for 15 workers of a Texas oil pipeline construction company whose pay practices denied them their full wages, including overtime. The workers were employed at the company’s Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas job sites.

The Extensions of Remarks section of the Congressional Record published “IN HONOR OF THE LIFE OF MR. SEAN SANFORD SIMS” on July 1.

News Release: HONOLULU - A federal investigation has recovered $117,710 in back wages and liquidated damages for 70 workers of a restaurant group in Hawaii that required servers to share their tips with managers, after the employer reduced managers’ salaries by at least 25 percent. The restaurant operators attempted to make up for the reduction in managers’ salaries by drawing from tipped workers’ wages, in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.