News and reports from the Department of Labor.

El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. recupera $348,000 en sobretiempo para trabajadores en 7 restaurantes Fuzzy’s Taco de Oklahoma City

US Department of Labor emphasis program seeks to identify, reduce silica dust hazards in Denver’s cut stone, stone products industry

US Department of Labor announces proposal to reconsider, revoke final approval of Arizona's State OSHA Plan after pattern of failures

Employment Characteristics of Families Summary

Foxx on OSHA’s Latest Power Grab

The NLRB Keeps Playing Footsies with Unions

New GAO Report: Income-Driven Repayment System in Urgent Need of Reform

News Release: WAUKEGAN, IL - A Waukegan contractor - with a history of violating federal safety standards and ignoring safety citations - was cited again by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for exposing workers to deadly fall hazards at two separate job sites in October 2021. Joshua Herion - who does business as ECS Roofing Professionals Inc. - faces proposed penalties of $360,531.

The US Labor Department published a three page notice on April 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on April 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: EL PASO, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Texas metal fabricator for repeatedly exposing employees to fall, machine and other safety hazards. OSHA's most recent inspection of Kyoei Steel LTD - operating as Vinton Steel LLC - found 19 violations. The agency proposed penalties of $364,078.

News Release: LANCASTER, PA - A federal court entered a consent judgment against a Pennsylvania home healthcare agency and its owner after investigators found they denied 193 direct care workers overtime pay.

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking nominations for membership on the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health for Part E of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act.

News Release: SIOUX FALLS, SD - Each year, hundreds of workers are injured - some fatally - on construction sites. So, as the spring construction season gets into full swing, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and more than 500 voluntary employee members of the Associated General Contractors of South Dakota are teaming up to protect workers from common construction industry hazards.

News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh today toured a treatment facility operated by the Spanish Fort Water System, an Alabama water utility company, to highlight efforts by the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to protect workers from heat-related hazards in the workplace.