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News Release: WASHINGTON - Citing an unprecedent rise in global energy costs, Century Aluminum Co. - the nation’s largest producer of primary aluminum - announced plans in June 2022 to curtail operations and begin the idling process at its Hawesville, Kentucky, smelter until energy prices return to more normalized levels. By August, all operations had ceased at the aluminum smelter with layoffs affecting more than 600 workers.
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News Release: Participant: Chatham Village Foods. Wareham, Massachusetts. Description: A division of the T. Marzetti Company, Chatham Village Foods has about 200 workers in Wareham who produce croutons for the bread and bakery product manufacturing industry. The production process includes ingredient mixing, proofing, ...
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The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Nov. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: US Department of Labor, Swank Enterprises align to promote workplace
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News Release: NAMPA, ID - A federal investigation has recovered $88,185 in back wages and liquidated damages for 90 caregivers employed by an Idaho home care agency whose pay practices denied the workers their legally earned wages, including overtime.
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News Release: ATLANTA - Less than one month after the U.S. Department of Labor cited Dollar General Corp. and Dolgencorp LLC with more than $1.6 million in penalties for putting its workers' safety at risk, federal inspectors have issued citations for similar violations at store locations in Alabama, Florida and Georgia, and added $2,777,640 in proposed penalties now owed by one of the nation's largest discount retailers.
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News Release: ATLANTA - Less than one month after the U.S. Department of Labor cited Dollar General Corp. and Dolgencorp LLC with more than $1.6 million in penalties for putting its workers’ safety at risk, federal inspectors have issued citations for similar violations at store locations in Alabama, Florida and Georgia, and added $2,777,640 in proposed penalties now owed by one of the nation’s largest discount retailers.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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An Ohio vinyl tile manufacturer faces $1,232,705 in potential fines after inspectors from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration were called after a worker was severely hurt after becoming entangled in a machine April 28.
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Less than one month after the U.S. Department of Labor cited Dollar General Corp. and Dolgencorp LLC with more than $1.6 million in penalties for putting its workers' safety at risk, federal inspectors have issued citations for similar violations at store locations in Alabama, Florida and Georgia, and added $2,777,640 in proposed penalties now owed by one of the nation's largest discount retailers.
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A Philadelphia framing contractor faces $269,594 in proposed penalties after the company was again found exposing employees to deadly fall hazards at a residential worksite in the city’s Roxborough section on April 21, 2022.
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A federal court has found Birdsboro Kosher Farms Corp. in contempt for failing to pay $162,359 in penalties after an inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found numerous safety hazards, including willful, serious and repeat violations.
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An Ohio vinyl tile manufacturer faces $1,232,705 in proposed penalties after U.S.
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US Department of Labor, Lamar Advertising Co. alliance to help keep outdoor signage workers safe, healthy in Colorado, Montana
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The number of job openings increased to 10.7 million on the last business day of September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
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News Release: NEW YORK - The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has denied a Staten Island health provider’s attempt to prevent the U.S. Department of Labor from pursuing damages for a COVID-19 whistleblower whose private state whistleblower claim was dismissed.
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News Release: PHOENIX - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a federal court order to prevent an Arizona agricultural employer from continuing to abuse agricultural guest workers.pdf) , exposing them to dangerous workplace conditions - including requiring them to operate unsafe vehicles and housing them in overcrowded quarters - and from discriminating against those who complained.
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after the Department of Education announced final regulations which fail to address major problems in the federal student loan system...
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News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia framing contractor faces $269,594 in proposed penalties after the company was again found exposing employees to deadly fall hazards at a residential worksite in the city’s Roxborough section on April 21, 2022.