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News Release: LINDEN, TN – Amid the pandemic, Linden hospital essential healthcare workers demonstrated their commitment to their jobs and communities when they worked long hours at a risk to themselves and their families. Yet, the hospital failed to meet its responsibilities to 72 of these workers when it did not pay them in accordance with federal law. Underpayment and missed payrolls added financial stress to the enormous burden already carried by the workers.
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Federal court orders Selbyville restaurant to pay $305K in back wages, damages, penalties after US Department of Labor finds wage violations
News Release: SELBYVILLE, DE – A federal court has ordered a Selbyville business operator to pay $300,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 16 workers – some of whom worked 75 hours or more a week for a flat salary while the business kept no time records of the hours they worked. Following a U.S Department of ...
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US Department of Labor announces annual update to current minimum hourly wage rate for federal contract workers
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today issued a Federal Register notice announcing an annual update to the current Executive Order 13658 minimum wage for workers performing work on or in connection with covered contracts.
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US Department of Labor urges workers, employers, public to recognize hazards, ensure safety after Hurricane Nicholas
News Release: DALLAS – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration urges response crews and residents in areas affected by Hurricane Nicholas to recognize the hazards created by flooding, power loss, structural damage, fallen trees and storm debris.
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Federal court orders Selbyville restaurant to pay $305K in back wages, damages, penalties after US Department of Labor finds wage violations
News Release: SELBYVILLE, DE – A federal court has ordered a Selbyville business operator to pay $300,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 16 workers – some of whom worked 75 hours or more a week for a flat salary while the business kept no time records of the hours they worked. Following a U.S Department of ...
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US Department of Labor recovers $163K for 72 healthcare workers after investigation finds Linden hospital missed payrolls
News Release: LINDEN, TN – Amid the pandemic, Linden hospital essential healthcare workers demonstrated their commitment to their jobs and communities when they worked long hours at a risk to themselves and their families. Yet, the hospital failed to meet its responsibilities to 72 of these workers when it did not pay them in accordance with federal law. Underpayment and missed payrolls added financial stress to the enormous burden already carried by the workers.
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US Department of Labor urges workers, employers, public to recognize hazards, ensure safety after Hurricane Nicholas
News Release: DALLAS - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration urges response crews and residents in areas affected by Hurricane Nicholas to recognize the hazards created by flooding, power loss, structural damage, fallen trees and storm debris.
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US Department of Labor seeks public input on proposed implementation of SECURE Act revisions to Form 5500 Employee Benefit Plan Reports
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration , IRS and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. are seeking public comments on proposed revisions to the Form 5500 Annual Return/Report filed by private-sector employee benefit plans that are designed primarily to ...
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US Department of Labor initiative seeks to reduce deaths, injuries, protect workers in New England’s tree, landscaping operations
News Release: BOSTON – In Connecticut, a tree branch contacted a live high-voltage power line as a worker in an aerial lift cut it, electrocuting him. In Massachusetts, a falling tree branch struck and killed a worker cutting down oak trees, while a falling tree limb struck an elevated bucket lift, ejecting the worker whose fall was fatal. In nearby Rhode Island, a log conveyor rolled over a worker performing repairs, crushing and killing him.
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US Department of Labor cites Foundation Food Group Inc. for exposing workers to safety hazards, proposes $154K in penalties
News Release: GAINESVILLE, GA – On Jan. 28, 2021, an uncontrolled release of liquid nitrogen at a Gainesville poultry processing facility claimed the lives of six workers. Less than two months later, workers were again subjected to a chemical release at the plant, after an ammonia leak on March 11.
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US Department of Labor recovers $99K in wages for 25 Houston concrete masonry workers after finding Fair Labor Standards Act violations
News Release: HOUSTON – In Houston’s hot housing market, construction industry employers are calling on workers to keep up with demand. In return, workers expect to be paid for all their hard work and for all the hours they work – a promise that a Tomball masonry contractor failed to keep, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found.
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US Department of Labor seeks public input on proposed implementation of SECURE Act revisions to Form 5500 Employee Benefit Plan Reports
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration , IRS and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. are seeking public comments on proposed revisions to the Form 5500 Annual Return/Report filed by private-sector employee benefit plans that are designed primarily to ...
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US Department of Labor cites Foundation Food Group Inc. for exposing workers to safety hazards, proposes $154K in penalties
News Release: GAINESVILLE, GA – On Jan. 28, 2021, an uncontrolled release of liquid nitrogen at a Gainesville poultry processing facility claimed the lives of six workers. Less than two months later, workers were again subjected to a chemical release at the plant, after an ammonia leak on March 11.
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US Department of Labor recovers $99K in wages for 25 Houston concrete masonry workers after finding Fair Labor Standards Act violations
News Release: HOUSTON – In Houston’s hot housing market, construction industry employers are calling on workers to keep up with demand. In return, workers expect to be paid for all their hard work and for all the hours they work – a promise that a Tomball masonry contractor failed to keep, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found.
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US Department of Labor initiative seeks to reduce deaths, injuries, protect workers in New England’s tree, landscaping operations
News Release: BOSTON – In Connecticut, a tree branch contacted a live high-voltage power line as a worker in an aerial lift cut it, electrocuting him. In Massachusetts, a falling tree branch struck and killed a worker cutting down oak trees, while a falling tree limb struck an elevated bucket lift, ejecting the worker whose fall was fatal. In nearby Rhode Island, a log conveyor rolled over a worker performing repairs, crushing and killing him.
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US Department of Labor cites Foundation Food Group Inc. for exposing workers to safety hazards, proposes $154K in penalties
News Release: GAINESVILLE, GA - On Jan. 28, 2021, an uncontrolled release of liquid nitrogen at a Gainesville poultry processing facility claimed the lives of six workers. Less than two months later, workers were again subjected to a chemical release at the plant, after an ammonia leak on March 11.
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Senate Confirms James Kvaal to Serve as Under Secretary of Education
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, the Senate voted to confirm James Kvaal to serve as Under Secretary of the Department of Education (ED) by a bipartisan vote of 58-37. In remarks on the Senate floor, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, reiterated her strong support for Mr. Kvaal, who has a long record working to build a more equitable higher education system for students.
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US Department of Labor initiative seeks to reduce deaths, injuries, protect workers in New England’s tree, landscaping operations
News Release: BOSTON - In Connecticut, a tree branch contacted a live high-voltage power line as a worker in an aerial lift cut it, electrocuting him. In Massachusetts, a falling tree branch struck and killed a worker cutting down oak trees, while a falling tree limb struck an elevated bucket lift, ejecting the worker whose fall was fatal. In nearby Rhode Island, a log conveyor rolled over a worker performing repairs, crushing and killing him.
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Public notices: Labor Department publishes 2 in week ending Sept. 12
There were two notices published by the Labor Department in week ending Sept. 12, according to the Federal Register.
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US Department of Labor announces $4M funding award to assist recovery of Cherokee Nation’s workforce
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the supplemental award of $4 million, with $1.3 million released initially, to the Cherokee Nation to support continued disaster-relief employment and workforce development in response to the pandemic’s impacts on its people.
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