News and reports from the Department of Labor.

News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal district court judge issued an injunction to prevent a Missouri mine operator and its owner from stopping federal inspectors from completing workplace safety inspections now and in the future at the Partridge Sand & Gravel mine in Stone.

There were 28 press releases published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in July 2021.

There were 22 press releases published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in October 2021.

News Release: Today, Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on Democrats’ efforts to expand the federal government’s control in the health care system...

There were seven notices published by the Labor Department in week ending March 5, according to the Federal Register.

There were 21 press releases published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in September 2021.

News Release: ORLANDO, FL - Employers cannot avoid paying overtime by simply putting employees on a salary, a costly lesson learned by a Florida equipment rental company after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation.

There were 24 press releases published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in August 2021.

The U.S. Department of Labor plans to host a summit on March 23 to educate the healthcare industry on wage laws and to ensure that healthcare workers receive proper pay and protections.

An Indiana employer had to pay more than $154,000 in back wages to workers with disabilities at a Jeffersonville, Ind., non-profit industrial work center.

News Release: DETROIT - Timothy Schultz, sole owner of a now defunct Detroit-area transport company, will pay $273,819 - representing $252,416 in overtime back wages and $21,403 in interest - to 326 former drivers to resolve a U.S. Department of Labor lawsuit prompted by a federal investigation that found Schultz and his company ProCorp LLC, misclassified drivers as independent contractors and failed to pay overtime, in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement on the February 2022 Employment Situation Report:

News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO - After long days spent toiling in fields under a hot Missouri sun, immigrant workers returned to what was once a county jail where their employer housed them in unsanitary living conditions and added to their misery by failing to pay them the wages they earned under their contract.

News Release: WASHINGTON - Earlier today, Deputy Secretary of Labor Julie Su hosted an online listening session with members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to discuss strategies for improving trucking job quality, and for retaining and recruiting drivers.

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced the availability of $3.2 million in funds from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for Susan Harwood Workplace Safety and Health Training on Infectious Diseases, Including COVID-19 grants.