News and reports from the Department of Labor.

News Release: WILLOW GROVE, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment ordering a Willow Grove home care agency that intentionally denied 433 employees full overtime wages to pay them more than $3.8 million in back wages and liquidated damages.

Disaster Recovery National Dislocated Worker Grants to Address the Opioid Crisis grant opened on Jan. 11.

News Release: GARDEN GROVE, CA - A federal court has approved a consent judgment ordering a Southern California adult care provider with a history of labor violations to pay $690,696 to 108 employees after the U.S. Department of Labor recently found the Garden Grove-based employer denied workers all their earned wages.

News Release: CHESAPEAKE, VA - A Chesapeake home healthcare company and its owners must pay more than $1.5 million - $759,698 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages - to 194 employees after the U.S. Department of Labor obtained a summary judgment in federal court.

News Release: MANITOWOC, WI - A Wisconsin company that supplies malt barley to major craft breweries, home breweries, and other spirit and food production in the Midwest has again been found exposing employees to dangerous workplace hazards by federal safety inspectors.

The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: WASHINGTON - While Michigan saw overdose fatalities decline in 2018 and 2019, the pandemic forced more people to isolate, made treatment services less accessible and worsened the state’s opioids epidemic, reports the Michigan Opioids Task Force.

News Release: MANITOWOC, WI - A Wisconsin company that supplies malt barley to major craft breweries, home breweries, and other spirit and food production in the Midwest has again been found exposing employees to dangerous workplace hazards by federal safety inspectors.

The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after the Biden administration announced new proposed regulations to Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) plans that will drastically shift the responsibility of student loan debt from borrowers to taxpayers...

News Release: WASHINGTON - In communities around the country that have historically experienced disinvestment, leading to high rates of poverty and violent crime, young people with arrest or conviction records face difficulties in finding and keeping a good job. To help these youth and young adults, from ages 15 to ...

News Release: ORLANDO, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $14,813 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages after finding a Jacksonville Subway franchisee directed employees to handle work-related tasks off-the-clock at six restaurants.

One of the largest airlines in the United States has been fined after an investigation found to it had retaliated against flight attendants for reporting workplace illnesses.

Announcement of Stand Down Grants grant opened on Jan. 10.

United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Jaire Chance, 27, of Philadelphia, has agreed to a consent judgment of $100,399, and Robert Day, 42, of Center Valley, Lehigh County, has agreed to a consent judgment of $110,610 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by improperly seeking Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) benefits when they were employed by the United States Postal Service.