News and reports from the Department of Labor.

Partners with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration are co-sponsoring the virtual Pacific Coast Safety Fest from March 14-17 to promote best workplace practices to prevent illnesses, injuries and fatalities.

Federal and state labor inspectors in Mexico will benefit from up to $12 million from the U.S. Department of Labor to help enforce the country’s 2019 labor law reform.

The US Labor Department published a one page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

There were 16 press releases published by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in February.

News Release: WASHINGTON - Throughout the pandemic, disparities in access to benefits affected women, communities of color and other marginalized workers at a higher rate and often delayed delivery of much needed financial support and services. These disparities in access to unemployment insurance exposed serious real-world shortcomings in the outdated systems used to deliver state and territories unemployment insurance benefits.

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Division investigators found Roadtek Traffic Solutions required employees to report to the office to conduct pre-and-post-shift tasks prior to starting their workday.

Careworkers put in long hours tending to the vital needs of people in their homes and at health care facilities, yet they are among the nation’s lowest paid workers.

The U.S. Department of Labor has asked a federal court in Illinois to hold fiduciaries of the United Employee Benefit Fund, along with its counsel, liable for more than $2.8 million in losses after an investigation found they allowed the misappropriation of the fund’s assets.

Over the past year, dozens of miners have been injured or killed in mining incidents, many of which could have been prevented with proper training and attention to tasks.

A federal investigation into a fatal workplace injury on Aug. 19, 2021, at a Town of Oyster Bay municipal building has found a Setauket roofing contractor failed to provide necessary safeguards to protect employees against falls.

The U.S. Department of Labor announced the availability of up to $12 million in funding to empower fe

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) reports its Wage and Hour Division has recovered more than $10,000 in overtime wages for 23 workers at three Kentucky stores.

News Release: NEW YORK - A federal investigation into a fatal workplace injury on Aug. 19, 2021, at a Town of Oyster Bay municipal building has found a Setauket roofing contractor failed to provide necessary safeguards to protect employees against falls.