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Giant Construction Corp., a contractor in Tamuning, faces penalties exceeding $1 million after federal inspectors discovered employees working in trenches without the required safety equipment. The company's employees were found installing sewer lines in deep trenches at a worksite in the Palisades Subdivision Project in Tiyan, Guam.OSHA Area Office Director Roger Forstner in Honolulu expressed concern over the situation, stating, “Giant Construction Corp. has shown a flagrant disregard for the safety of its employees and put workers at risk of serious and potentially...
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The U.S. Department of Labor has announced that four Arizona contractors have been ordered to pay over $3.2 million in owed wages and damages to a total of 890 workers after investigations revealed violations of labor laws. The contractors involved in the case are 4-E Painting LLC, Liberty Constructors LLC, BCK Coatings Inc., and Geronimo Wall Systems LLC.According to the department's Wage and Hour Division, the contractors willfully and recklessly shortchanged the affected workers and violated overtime and minimum wage provisions. Eric Murray, the Wage and Hour Division...
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An upstate New York court has accepted a mine manager's guilty plea to manslaughter in the second degree for causing the death of a mine mechanic in Grafton. Anthony Valente, the mine manager at a Grafton limestone quarry, admitted to recklessly operating a crane that resulted in the death of 35-year-old mechanic Darren Miller. Valente agreed to a six-month jail sentence and five years of probation, with a reporting date to jail set for June 14, 2024.Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health, Chris Williamson, expressed, "Like every miner, Darren Miller had the right...
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The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $447,952 in back wages and damages for 60 workers after a federal investigation found that a Kern County employer had denied them overtime pay. The affected employees were excluded from overtime eligibility, leading to a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.According to Wage and Hour Division District Director Cesar Avila in Sacramento, "The U.S. Department of Labor is committed to ensuring that all workers receive a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work." The division was able to recover $223,976 in unpaid overtime wages...
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El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. recuperó $447,952 en salarios y compensación por daños a operador de tres tiendas de alimentación del condado de Kern para 60 trabajadores después de que una investigación federal descubrió que el empleador ilegalmente negó pagar como sobretiempo las horas trabajadas por encima de 40 en una semana laboral.Según el director distrital de la División de Horas y Salarios, Cesar Avila, en Sacramento, "El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. se compromete a garantizar que todos los trabajadores reciban un sueldo justo por una jornada de trabajo...