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Williams: Labor Department works to ensure 'people with disabilities have equal and inclusive access'
An $8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor will enable the National Disability Institute to operate a policy development center that focuses on employment for individuals with disabilities.
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'They must be paid all of their wages': DOL recovers $1.3 million in wages denied to Texas potato farm workers
A large farm in Texas that is one of the nation's largest potato producers recently had to pay $1.3 million in wages it had denied its farm workers, according to a U.S. Department of Labor news release.
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'Unfair': DOL recovers $125,000 in back wages for Des Moines-area workers
The U.S. Department of Labor's recently announced recovery of $125,000 in back wages for an Iowa-based subcontractor's 34 workers is part of keeping wages steady, a wage and hour division director said in news release.
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'It's illegal': New Hampshire burrito restaurant pays out more than $60,000 after DOL found management part of tipping pool
Managers at a New Hampshire burrito restaurant who kept employee tips shouldn't have, a U.S. Department of Labor division director said in a news release.
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2022 Hire Vets Medallion Award application period now open
The U.S. Department of Labor on Jan. 31 announced through a press release that they have opened up the application process for the 2022 Hire Vets Medallion Award.
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Tire repair shop to pay $76,000 in back pay following DOL investigation
Dorsey Tire Co. will pay $79,000 in back wages after a U.S. Department of Labor Investigation found employers failed to calculate overtime hours properly by not including time spent on after-hour service calls.
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Federal investigation recovers $221k in back wages and damages
The judgement comes after the employer denied them overtime wages that were rightfully earned and then lied to federal investigators about the wages owed.
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DOL partners with Choate Construction to 'enhance worker safety'
The U.S. Department of Labor on Jan. 10 announced that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration department is partnering with Choate Construction.
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'Employers can and must reduce workplace violence hazards': DOL cites Montefiore Medical Center
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has reported that a children’s hospital in the Bronx failed to protect workers from being assaulted.
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DOL cites Ohio auto-parts supplier for 'failure to follow health and safety guidelines' following COVID-19 exposure
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently announced that an Ohio-based auto parts supplier did not enforce its own policy or federal guidelines on social distancing and mask wearing after several employees got sick.
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'Health care workers are essential': West Virginia nursing care facility pays $270,000 in back wages, damages to 166 workers
A West Virginia health center will have to pay $270,000 in past wages and liquidated damages after the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) reported they failed to pay proper overtime as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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'Broadband for all should serve all of us': DOL announces partnership to recognize needs of telecommunications industry
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) reported that it will work with other agencies to recognize contemporary and future needs of the telecommunications industry workforce, including safety.
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'Unacceptable': DOL recovers $126,000 for employees after federal court holds Connecticut home health care provider in contempt
A Connecticut home health care provider will have to pay $126,000 in back pay after the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) found the company did not comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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DOL recovers more than $9.3 million for Minnesota employee stock ownership plan
Over $9.3 million of a Minneapolis manufacturing company’s employee stock ownership plan after the fund overpaid for company stock in 2011 was reclaimed by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).
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DOL, National Labor Relations Board sign partnership agreement to 'enhance information sharing, enforcement, training and outreach'
The U.S. Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board recently announced that they are aligning together in order to boost sharing, enforcement, training and outreach.
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DOL conducts outreach, enforcement actions as cleanup continues in Northeast Arkansas after December tornadoes
The U.S. Department of Labor is helping in the cleanup efforts of Northeast Arkansas after last month’s tornadoes by employing outreach and enforcement actions .
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DOL administrative judge orders federal contractor to turn over documents as part of federal compliance audit
A judge with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has ordered a federal contractor to hand over documents as part of a federal compliance audit.
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Walsh: Unemployment below 4% for first time since pandemic began
Marty Walsh, the U.S. Secretary of Labor, recently released a statement based on the December 2021 Employment Situation Report.
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DOL investigates cotton gin employers for not being 'compliant with federal labor law'
The U.S. Department of Labor investigated several cotton gin employers for not meeting standards set forth by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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'Took advantage of their employees': Horse racing stable ordered to pay back wages
A Long Island court order is mandating that a Danny Gargan and Gargan Stables Corp. pay restitution to employees as a result of allegations of wage theft and falsified records to hide the missing wages.