News and reports from the Department of Labor.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued a temporary enforcement policy for brokers and consultants of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) health plans, requiring them disclose their compensation to clients.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has signed a strategic partnership with Choate Construction to promote worker safety and health during the construction of a mixed-use development in the historic district of Savannah.

A federal workplace safety investigation in July 2021 found a utility contractor in Montana exposed employees working in and around trenches to potentially deadly hazards.The U.S.

A federal court has ordered a prominent Long Island thoroughbred horseracing stable and its owner to pay a total of $132,631 in back wages and liquidated damages to 52 grooms and hot walkers at several locations, including Belmont and Aqueduct racetracks.

While the cotton gin has greatly increased the speed of crop production since its invention more than three centuries ago, the U.S. Department of Labor has found 8 out of 10 cotton gin employers it investigated in the Southeast region violated the Fair Labor Standards Act, Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, or provisions of the H-2A visa program.

A North Carolina plumbing company was found by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) to have violated the Davis-Bacon Act by paying five employees under the prevailing wage, resulting in over $33,000 of back wages recovered.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently rescinded the requirement for labor unions valued at $250,000 or greater to submit a Form T-1 due to the information already being readily available elsewhere.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently awarded $8.4 million to the Pan American Development Foundation to help address child labor and inhumane working conditions in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.

A Jacksonville, Florida roofing contractor faces possible jail time after failing to abide by numerous court orders calling for remediation of safety hazards and the payment of over $2 million in penalties in an ongoing Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) case.

News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has signed a strategic partnership with Choate Construction to promote worker safety and health during the construction of a mixed-use development in the historic district of Savannah. The Associated General Contractors of Georgia Inc. and the Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute - Safety, Health and Environmental Services Group are also supporting this partnership effort.

There were two notices published by the Labor Department in week ending Jan. 8, according to the Federal Register.

The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Jan. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

There were 477 notices published by the Labor Department in 2021, according to the Federal Register.

A U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division investigation found that the owner of a luxury apartment rental property in San Jose’s historic Japantown denied maintenance workers overtime wages, and failed to keep accurate records of employees’ earnings in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, against a Peachtree City auto repair shop and its owner seeking $36,971 in back wages and liquidated damages after investigators found they violated the retaliation, overtime and recordkeeping prohibitions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.