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News Release: HARTFORD, CT – A Danbury bakery and its owner may not threaten, terminate or cause harm to current or former workers who cooperate with a U.S. Department of Labor investigation of the bakery’s employment practices, a federal court in Hartford has ordered in a consent preliminary injunction obtained by the department.
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US Department of Labor, City of Lubbock mark National Safe Digging Day
News Release: LUBBOCK, TX ‒ The City of Lubbock recently presented the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Damage Prevention Council of Texas’ northwest chapter with a proclamation in recognition of National Safe Digging Day on Aug. 11. Each year, “811 Day” reminds contractors ...
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US Department of Labor announces $90M in grants to support training, employment services for workers displaced by the pandemic
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the availability of an increased $90 million in funding grants to provide reemployment opportunities for displaced workers, historically marginalized communities or groups and those unemployed for an extended period or who have exhausted unemployment insurance or other pandemic unemployment insurance programs.
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Lansing contractor pays 18 subcontracted workers $26K in back wages, fringe benefits after US Department of Labor investigation
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The prime contractor responsible for construction of the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans paid back wages and benefits to 18 workers on the project after a federal investigation found the subcontractor who employed them had shortchanged them.
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US Department of Labor announces $90M in grants to support training, employment services for workers displaced by the pandemic
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the availability of an increased $90 million in funding grants to provide reemployment opportunities for displaced workers, historically marginalized communities or groups and those unemployed for an extended period or who have exhausted unemployment insurance or other pandemic unemployment insurance programs.
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US Department of Labor, City of Lubbock mark National Safe Digging Day
News Release: LUBBOCK, TX ‒ The City of Lubbock recently presented the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Damage Prevention Council of Texas’ northwest chapter with a proclamation in recognition of National Safe Digging Day on Aug. 11. Each year, “811 Day” reminds contractors ...
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Lansing contractor pays 18 subcontracted workers $26K in back wages, fringe benefits after US Department of Labor investigation
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The prime contractor responsible for construction of the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans paid back wages and benefits to 18 workers on the project after a federal investigation found the subcontractor who employed them had shortchanged them.
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US Department of Labor, City of Lubbock mark National Safe Digging Day
News Release: LUBBOCK, TX ‒ The City of Lubbock recently presented the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Damage Prevention Council of Texas' northwest chapter with a proclamation in recognition of National Safe Digging Day on Aug. 11.
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US Department of Labor proposes $1.3M in penalties for contractor with extensive history of violations after two workers die at Boston dig site
News Release: BOSTON – On Feb. 24, 2021, at a sewer repair worksite on High Street in downtown Boston, Jordy Alexander Castaneda Romero, 27, and Juan Carlos Figueroa Gutierrez, 33, died after a dump truck struck and pushed them into a nine-foot deep trench. For their employer, Atlantic Coast Utilities LLC/Advanced ...
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Athens tobacco, liquor stores pay more than $71K in back wages after US Department of Labor finds wage violations at two locations
News Release: ATHENS, GA – Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor sometimes find employers that illegally pay straight-time wages for overtime hours in an effort to curb operating costs. Far less often they find what the operator of two Athens tobacco and liquor stores was doing – paying workers even less than their normal hourly rate of pay for their overtime hours.
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US Department of Labor proposes $1.3M in penalties for contractor with extensive history of violations after two workers die at Boston dig site
News Release: BOSTON – On Feb. 24, 2021, at a sewer repair worksite on High Street in downtown Boston, Jordy Alexander Castaneda Romero, 27, and Juan Carlos Figueroa Gutierrez, 33, died after a dump truck struck and pushed them into a nine-foot deep trench. For their employer, Atlantic Coast Utilities LLC/Advanced ...
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US Department of Labor recovers $1.7M in back wages, fringe benefits for 81 employees wrongly classified by defense contractor in 21 states
News Release: DETROIT– A South Carolina-based contractor that processes identification cards for members of the armed forces, their families, retirees, government contractors and civilians has paid $1,705,441 in back wages and fringe benefits to 81 employees after the company violated the requirements of the McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act.
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US Department of Labor recovers $1.7M in back wages, fringe benefits for 81 employees wrongly classified by defense contractor in 21 states
News Release: DETROIT– A South Carolina-based contractor that processes identification cards for members of the armed forces, their families, retirees, government contractors and civilians has paid $1,705,441 in back wages and fringe benefits to 81 employees after the company violated the requirements of the McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act.
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Athens tobacco, liquor stores pay more than $71K in back wages after US Department of Labor finds wage violations at two locations
News Release: ATHENS, GA – Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor sometimes find employers that illegally pay straight-time wages for overtime hours in an effort to curb operating costs. Far less often they find what the operator of two Athens tobacco and liquor stores was doing – paying workers even less than their normal hourly rate of pay for their overtime hours.
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Foxx Demands Answers on Federal School Masking Policies
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona demanding confirmation that states are not required to allow mask mandates in schools as a condition of receiving American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) funds.
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US Department of Labor proposes $1.3M in penalties for contractor with extensive history of violations after two workers die at Boston dig site
News Release: BOSTON - On Feb. 24, 2021, at a sewer repair worksite on High Street in downtown Boston, Jordy Alexander Castaneda Romero, 27, and Juan Carlos Figueroa Gutierrez, 33, died after a dump truck struck and pushed them into a nine-foot deep trench. For their employer, Atlantic Coast Utilities LLC/Advanced...
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Labor Department publishes notice on Aug. 17
The US Labor Department published a four page notice on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Notice published by Labor Department on Aug. 17
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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What did Labor Department publish on Aug. 17?
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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US Department of Labor finds Rio Blanco County failed to pay 40 law enforcement officers for pre- and post-shift work
News Release: MEEKER, CO – While law enforcement officers in Rio Blanco County worked to uphold the law, they themselves fell victim to illegal pay practices when their employer failed to pay them for time spent performing work before and after their scheduled shifts, an investigation by U.S. Department of Labor has found.
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