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News Release: Employers: William Specialty Services LLC. 100 Crescent Centre Parkway, Tucker, GA 30084. G UB MK Constructors. 297 River Road, Muscle Shoals, AL 35661. Tennessee Valley Authority. 1101 Market St., Chattanooga, TN 37402. Citations issued: William Specialty Services LLC. One willful, two serious violations...
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US Department of Labor announces $71M available to support employment readiness for American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians
News Release: WASHINGTON - American Indians and Alaska Natives have traditionally faced higher unemployment rates and lower workforce participation, and attained lower levels of education - subjecting them to lower wages, fewer career opportunities and a continued cycle of unemployment and poverty.
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; the 13 Carcinogens Standard discussed on March 21 by Labor Department
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Senator Murray on Idaho Abortion Ban: “Republicans Won’t Stop There”
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on Idaho adopting a copy-cat abortion ban modeled after Texas’ SB-8, which bans abortion after six weeks and allows family members to sue the abortion provider for a cash prize for helping a patient get an abortion. Unless a court intervenes, the law will go into effect in 30 days.
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US Department of Labor reopens rulemaking record, schedules public hearing on proposed final rule to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19 exposure
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has reopened the rulemaking record partially and scheduled an informal public hearing to seek comments on specific topics that relate to the development of a final standard to protect healthcare and healthcare support service workers from workplace exposure to the COVID-19 virus.
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Statement from Solicitor of Labor Seema Nanda on amicus brief filed with National Labor Relations Board
Solicitor of Labor Seema Nanda today issued a statement on the Department of Labor’s filing of an amicus in a case now before the National Labor Relations Board.
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UPDATED: US Department of Labor issues $167K in penalties to address workplace safety deficiencies after 29-year-old worker’s electrocution at Clinton TVA
UPDATED: US Department of Labor issues $167K in penalties to address workplace safety deficiencies after 29-year-old worker’s electrocution at Clinton TVA
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Senate HELP Committee Considers Bipartisan PREVENT Pandemics Act
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held an executive session on the Prepare for and Responded to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats, and Pandemics Act (PREVENT Pandemics Act), legislation recently introduced by Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) to strengthen the nation’s preparedness and response framework amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Leader of Pandemic Unemployment Insurance Benefits Scheme Sentenced to Prison and Ordered to Pay More Than $350k in Restitution
Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that Lawrence Lawson, 41, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced on March 15, 2022, to 51 months in prison and ordered to pay $355,849 in restitution after Lawson pleaded guilty to his role in a conspiracy that fraudulently obtained COVID-19 pandemic unemployment insurance benefits.
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New York Man Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme
A New York Man pleaded guilty today to charges arising from a scheme to fraudulently obtain business loans and unemployment pandemic relief funds made available under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
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Contractor Who Lied to OSHA Investigators is Sentenced
Contractor Who Lied to OSHA Investigators is Sentenced
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Essex County Man Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Fraudulently Obtain More Than $700,000
An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for conspiring to fraudulently obtain more than $700,000, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced
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Architects of $48 Million Dollar Medical Reimbursement Account Program Fraud Scheme Sentenced
US Department of Labor recovers more than $51K in back wages, liquidated damages for four workers after investigation at Paducah restaurant
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Federal court orders Philadelphia home healthcare agency to pay more than $430K in back wages, damages, penalties after federal investigation
A federal court has ordered a Philadelphia home healthcare staffing agency and its owner to pay nearly $410,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 43 employees after U.S. Department of Labor investigators found that the employer misclassified workers as independent contractors.
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US Department of Labor will offer prevailing wage compliance seminars for federal contractors, contracting agencies, unions, workers
The U.S. Department of Labor will offer online compliance seminars for contracting agencies, contractors, unions, workers and other stakeholders to provide information on the requirements governing payment of prevailing wages on federally funded construction and service contracts.
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US Department of Labor recovers $108K in back wages, damages for 21 Goose Creek restaurant workers after finding child labor, pay violations
A Goose Creek restaurant shortchanged 21 workers and allowed minor-aged employees to work more hours than the law permits, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has revealed.
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Chairman Scott Statement on DOL Preparing COVID-19 Workplace Safety Standard for Health Care Workers
Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it is preparing to issue a final workplace safety standard that will protect health care workers against workplace COVID-19 infections.
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US Department of Labor recovers $108K in back wages, damages for 21 Goose Creek restaurant workers after finding child labor, pay violations
A Goose Creek restaurant shortchanged 21 workers and allowed minor-aged employees to work more hours than the law permits, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has revealed.
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