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News Release: CENTRAL ISLIP, NY - The operator of two Long Island restaurants may have thought they only had to take orders from customers, but now has learned that ignoring the orders of federal investigators and a federal court will get you arrested.
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Department of Labor launches effort to alert teachers, farmworkers, care workers, others of new workplace protections for nursing mothers
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor is launching an effort to alert families throughout the nation of changes in federal law that now extend the rights to pump breastmilk at work to more women, including those employed as teachers, farmworkers and care workers.
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US Department of Labor obtains judgment ordering Philadelphia-area home healthcare agency to pay $2.3M in back wages, damages to 398 workers
News Release: LANSDOWNE, PA - Nearly 400 home healthcare workers, employed in an industry rife with overtime violations, will receive the wages they are owed after the U.S. Department of Labor obtained a consent judgment ordering a Philadelphia-area agency and its owners to pay them more than $2.3 million. A federal investigation found the employer willfully shortchanged employees’ hard-earned overtime wages.
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US Department of Labor finds three employers’ safety failures contributed to 31-year-old laborer’s fatal fall at Tallahassee work site in August 2022
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FL - Three construction contractors might have prevented the death of a 31-year-old laborer who suffered fatal injuries after falling while installing roof trusses at a Tallahassee work site on Aug. 17, 2022, a federal workplace safety investigation has found.
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Court sentences Florida labor contractor to nearly 10 years in prison in case involving forced labor, part of US Department of Labor investigation
News Release: TAMPA, FL - A Florida labor contractor is headed to prison for nearly 10 years after a U.S. Department of Labor and multi-agency investigation into his part in a conspiracy to subject migrant farmworkers to forced labor, obstruct investigators, intimidate witnesses and house workers in unsafe and unhealthy living conditions.
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Intervention, Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act discussed on Feb. 2 by Labor Department
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Danger in stock: Department of Labor finds Columbus, Ohio, Dollar Tree store endangering workers; as company’s history of violations continues
News Release: COLUMBUS, OH - A complaint of unsafe work conditions brought federal safety inspectors to a Columbus, Ohio, Dollar Tree store where their findings - employees exposed fire hazards and in danger of unsafely stored and stacked boxes of merchandise falling on them - mirror those violations identified at many other U.S. locations operated by one of the nation’s largest discount retailers.
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Foxx Announces First Committee Hearing: American Education in Crisis
News Release: On Wednesday at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will hold its first hearing, titled “American Education in Crisis," which will discuss the state of K-12 and postsecondary education.
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Labor Department rules Aurora grocer must pay 49 workers nearly $400,000 in back pay, damages
The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $399,851 in overtime back pay and damages for 49 workers at an Aurora family-owned supermarket.
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OSHA backs fining 2 Ohio companies for safety failures in steam explosions that killed one
Steam explosions at two Ohio companies resulted in citations and proposed fines by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration of more than $330,000.
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US Department of Labor welcomes 7 new program partners to deliver career assistance to transitioning service members, spouses
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced today its Veterans’ Employment and Training Service has signed a memorandum of understanding with seven new partners for the agency’s Employment Navigator and Partnership Pilot. With these additions, a total of 47 partners now support the initiative.
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US Department of Labor finds Amazon exposed workers to unsafe conditions, ergonomic hazards at three more warehouses in Colorado, Idaho, New York
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued citations at three more Amazon warehouses - in Aurora, Colorado; Nampa, Idaho; and Castleton, New York - for failing to keep workers safe and delivered hazard alert letters for exposing workers to ergonomic hazards.
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Chairwoman Foxx Celebrates Reintroduction of Rep. Steube's Bill to Save Women's Sports
News Release: Today, on National Girls and Women in Sports Day, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) celebrated the reintroduction of the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. The legislation, authored by Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) and cosponsored by Chairwoman Foxx, allows women...
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US Department of Labor finds Amazon exposed workers to unsafe conditions, ergonomic hazards at three more warehouses in Colorado, Idaho, New York
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued citations at three more Amazon warehouses - in Aurora, Colorado; Nampa, Idaho; and Castleton, New York - for failing to keep workers safe and delivered hazard alert letters for exposing workers to ergonomic hazards.
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US Labor Department recovers $203K in back wages for 14 employees of Denver-area contractor, bars employer from H-2B worker program
News Release: DENVER - The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $203,332 in back wages after an investigation found a Denver landscaping company owned by a father and son - Fermin and Roberto Daniel Guardado - denied overtime wages to 14 workers, and failed to keep complete records as the law requires.
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Judge orders Quincy restaurant, owner to pay $42K in unpaid wages, damages, penalties after US Labor Department investigation
Release: Date of Action: Jan. 18, 2023
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US Department of Labor recovers $77K in back wages, damages for 17 employees after Saint George restaurant failed to pay for all hours worked
Release: Employer: Armando’s Mexican Restaurant LLC. Investigation site: 5792 Memorial Blvd. Saint George, South Carolina 29477. Investigation findings: Investigators with the department’s Wage and Hour Division found that the employer allowed some employees to work off-the-clock without compensation, a violation ...
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Federal investigation into fatal 2022 electrocution in Kansas City finds Midwest engineering services company again failed to protect workers
News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO ‒ A fourth-year apprentice heating, ventilation and air conditioning technician employed by U.S. Engineering Services suffered fatal electrocution after coming in contact with energized parts while repairing HVAC equipment on Aug. 24, 2022, at University Academy, a college prep charter school in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Chairwoman Foxx Delivers Opening Remarks at Organizational Meeting
News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at the Committee’s Organizational Meeting for the 118th Congress...
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Certification by School Official discussed on Jan. 31 by Labor Department
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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