News and reports from the Department of Labor.

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is seeking nominations to fill six membership vacancies on the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health.

The US Labor Department published a one page proposed rule on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: WASHINGTON - El Departamento de Trabajo de los Estados Unidos anunció hoy que su aplicación Miner Safety and Health para iOS y Android que proporciona información oportuna directamente a los mineros ahora está disponible en español.

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment in federal court requiring a Minneapolis private in-home care provider to pay $1.6 million in back wages and damages, as part of the department’s effort to recover unpaid overtime wages for 136 healthcare workers in the Twin-Cities area.

The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The U.S. Department of Labor made the Spanish-language time sheet app for iOS or Android smartphones, which counts work hours, break time and overtime worked and determines earnings owed, freely accessible.

A national auto parts distributor and an Arizona logistics company that improperly categorized 1,398 drivers as independent contractors must pay them $5.6 million in back wages and liquidated penalties under a consent judgment in federal court.

News Release: WASHINGTON - The governments of the U.S. and Mexico signed a memorandum of understanding on Jan. 17, 2023, to strengthen protections for workers participating in temporary foreign worker programs.

Release: Employer: Pho Saigon restaurant. Investigation sites: 826 N. Ventura Road, Port Hueneme, CA 93041. Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found restaurant owners Cindy Le and Oanh Le allowed their daughter Karen Walden - working as the restaurant manager ...

The Senate section of the Congressional Record published “OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING” on Dec. 20, 2004.

News Release: CARBONDALE, IL - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a federal court order requiring a Carbondale café to pay 31 workers $98,400 in back wages and damages for operating an illegal tip pool, almost six months after a jury awarded the workers $4,900 - just 10 percent of their back wages - in what the department alleged was an error based on the jury’s instructions and how they interpreted the evidence at trial.

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Amazon for failing to keep workers safe, and has issued hazard alert letters after inspections at three warehouse facilities - in Deltona, Florida; Waukegan, Illinois; and New Windsor, New York - after finding workers exposed to ergonomic hazards.

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Amazon for failing to keep workers safe, and has issued hazard alert letters after inspections at three warehouse facilities - in Deltona, Florida; Waukegan, Illinois; and New Windsor, New York - after finding workers exposed to ergonomic hazards.

“CONFIRMATIONS“ was published in the Senate section on page S12087 on Dec. 8, 2004

News Release: MADISON, WI - Five years after leaving their Guatemalan and Mexican homes for jobs promised by owners of two Wisconsin forestry companies and discovering they would not receive the wages, benefits and types of jobs described in their contracts, 263 workers will finally receive $1.1 million in unpaid wages after extensive federal investigations.