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The U.S. Department of Labor has fined a Missouri company $127,539 for exposing workers at a facility in New Jersey to methylene chloride.
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Texas lumber company faces almost $400,000 in penalties following 86-year-old worker's fatal fall last summer

A Texas lumber company faces almost $400,000 in penalties after the death of an 86-year-old worker in a fall from wood pallets last summer.
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Discounting Safety: Alabama, Georgia inspections show Dollar General continues to ignore workplace safety, putting employees' safety at risk

News Release: ATLANTA - A series of federal workplace safety and health inspections at four Dollar General stores in Alabama and Georgia in the summer of 2021 found the nationwide discount retailer's long history of exposing employees to dangerous working conditions continues.
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Thousands of Mexican GM employees participate in collective bargaining vote after labor rights denial in 2021

Earlier this month, over 5,000 workers participated in a historic union election at the General Motors facility in Silao, Mexico.
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DOL finds systemic wage violations at caregiving facilities

The U.S. Department of Labor recently uncovered several systemic wage violations in three states.
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U.S. Department of Labor recovers $159K in wages after Idaho farm shortchanged workers

The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $159,256 in unpaid wages after an investigation uncovered that a potato farm in Idaho shortchanged its workers.
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El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. recupera $63,000 en salarios atrasados para 17 gerentes de restaurantes a quienes se les negó injustamente el pago de horas extras

News Release: FORT WAYBE, IN - El operador de siete restaurantes del área de Fort Wayne estafó a 17 de sus gerentes cuando se determinó que el salario que les pagaba era insuficiente para eximir al empleador de su obligación de pagar horas extras. Esto implicó una violación de los requisitos de pago de horas extras cuando los empleados trabajaban más de 40 horas en una semana laboral, según descubrió una investigación del Departamento Laboral de EE. UU.
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Department of Labor recovers $63K in wages after Indiana restaurants fail to pay managers overtime

The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered more than $63,000 in back wages after an investigation found that the operator of seven restaurants in Indiana wrongly denied overtime to 17 of its managers.
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Labor Department discusses Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Post Enrollment Data Collection for Job Corps Participants on Feb. 24

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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US Department of Labor recovers $63K in back wages for 17 restaurant managers wrongly denied overtime

News Release: FORT WAYNE, IN - The operator of seven Fort Wayne area restaurants shortchanged 17 of its managers when the salary it paid was determined to be insufficient to relieve the employer of its overtime obligations. This led to a violation of overtime pay requirements when employees worked more than 40 hours in a workweek, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found.
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McDonald’s franchisee to pay $25K in penalties for child labor violations

News Release: SAN DIEGO - A McDonald’s franchisee has agreed to pay $25,920 in civil money penalties after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found the employer assigned minor-aged employees at three Santa Ana locations hazardous work in violation of child labor laws.
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US Department of Labor recognizes Montana hydroelectric plant

News Release: WOLF CREEK, MT - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has certified NorthWestern Energy’s Holter Hydroelectric Plant in Wolf Creek as a “Star" worksite in the agency’s Voluntary Protection Programs, the highest level of recognition for workplace safety and health excellence.
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Federal judge affirms US Department of Labor citations, penalties against Bergen County construction contractor for willfully exposing workers to falls

An administrative law judge with the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission affirmed willful, repeat and serious citations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to Framing Specialist Inc., a Palisades Park construction contractor, who exposed workers to fall and safety hazards at two Bergen County work sites.
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US Department of Labor recovers $221K in back wages, damages for nursing staff after re-investigation again finds violations at treatment facility

An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor recovered $221,307 in back wages and damages for 32 nursing staff employees of a Luzerne County treatment center found to be intentionally shortchanging workers of their overtime pay repeatedly.
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US Department of Labor recovers $2K in back wages, damages; assesses $7K in penalties for violations by three Jacksonville pizzerias

The miscalculation of overtime wages and child labor violations have taken a slice of the profits from the operator of three Jacksonville pizzerias, following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor.
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Labor Department discusses Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Settlement Agreements Between a Plan and a Party in Interest on Feb. 24

The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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McDonald’s franchisee to pay $25K in penalties for child labor violations

A McDonald’s franchisee has agreed to pay $25,920 in civil money penalties after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found the employer assigned minor-aged employees at three Santa Ana locations hazardous work in violation of child labor laws.
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US Department of Labor finds Jacksonville restaurant operator owes $118K to 10 workers amid minimum wage, overtime violations

The U.S. Department of Labor has found $118,042 in back wages and liquidated damages due to 10 employees of a Jacksonville restaurant operator who forced servers to work for tips alone, denied overtime wages to others and failed to keep accurate records of the hours employees worked.
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US Department of Labor files complaint against Georgia hotels, owner who allegedly violated federal wage laws, retaliated against workers

US Department of Labor files complaint against Georgia hotels, owner who allegedly violated federal wage laws, retaliated against workers
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