News and reports from the Department of Labor.

News Release: AUSTIN, TX - A federal workplace safety investigation found that a Kyle vehicle parts manufacturer ignored repeated concerns raised by workers, and willfully exposed them to hazards related to unsafe machine operations, potential falls and a lack of personal protective equipment.

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Amazon during inspections at six warehouse facilities in five states for failing to properly record work-related injuries and illnesses. The findings are part of an ongoing investigation.

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Doug Parker issued a statement regarding today’s release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of its 2021 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries :

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A central Georgia nonprofit serving the intellectually disabled was found to have failed to provide timely career counseling, information and referrals to three adult workers with developmental disabilities.

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service announced today enhanced curricula for the Transition Assistance Program mandatory courses beginning Jan. 1, 2023.

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced the selection of seven states to participate in the second round of an initiative that seeks to align state policy and funding to advance competitive integrated employment for individuals with mental health conditions.

News Release: NEW ALBANY, OH - Federal investigators have recovered $88,822 in back wages and liquidated damages for 32 workers at a New Albany golf course and country club where the employer required tipped employees to share tips with managers and, by doing so, lost their ability to claim a tip credit under the law.

News Release: SIOUX FALLS, SD - The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $279,070 in back wages and liquidated damages from a Sioux Falls buffet restaurant that paid kitchen workers a flat monthly salary and denied them overtime wages for hours over 40 in a workweek.

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor and the IRS today renewed a memorandum of understanding and added a streamlined process for joint referrals and closer coordination to stop businesses from misclassifying workers and denying them their full wages, benefits and protections under the law.

News Release: NEW YORK - The operator of three northern New Jersey restaurants has learned that not cooperating with a federal investigation and ignoring several federal court orders can get you arrested.

News Release: MAUMEE, OH - For the eighth time since 2016, federal safety inspectors found the owner of a Martin roofing company exposing roofers and other workers to the construction industry’s leading cause of death -falls from elevation - by failing to provide them with fall protection equipment and hazard training.