US Department of Labor (DOL)
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Recent News About US Department of Labor (DOL)
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There is one release scheduled to be published on Oct. 19.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Veterans’ Employment and Training Service has awarded a $1.2 million technical service contract aimed to improve the customer experience for veterans, transitioning service members and military spouses using the agency’s resources.
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News Release: SACRAMENTO - A U.S. Department of Labor investigation has recovered $216,674 in unpaid overtime wages and liquidated damages from a Sacramento-area pallet manufacturer after the employer denied required overtime pay to 31 employees.
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News Release: ATLANTA - Dollar General Corp. and Dolgencorp LLC - operator of more than 18,000 Dollar General discount stores in 47 states - has again ignored federal workplace safety standards, this time identified during inspections at four locations in Alabama, Florida and Georgia. The company faces $1,682,302 in proposed penalties after these inspections, a portion of the more than $9.6 million in total initial penalties the company has received since 2017.
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News Release: MANCHESTER, NH - A federal court has ordered a North Conway restaurant to pay a total of $148,128 - $74,064 in tips and back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages - after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found the employers kept workers’ tips illegally and failed to pay them overtime wages when required by law.
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News Release: ATLANTA - In the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has initiated efforts to provide on-site technical assistance and outreach in the areas of Florida hardest hit by the storm to protect workers involved in the recovery and response and to prevent any further injury or loss of life.
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The U.S. Department of Labor published a final rule that updates the H-2A application and temporary labor certification procedures while improving the protection of agricultural workers.
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There is one release scheduled to be published on Oct. 19.
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The US Labor Department published a two page proposed rule on Oct. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh and the department’s Assistant Secretary for Disability Employment Policy Taryn Williams today welcomed a group of corporate employers and disability advocacy leaders recognized for their innovative approaches to fostering mental health-friendly workplaces.
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News Release: RIVER GROVE, IL - While federal workplace safety inspectors are used to some employers’ disregard for workplace safety, the response of a Chicago-area carpentry company’s site supervisor to a U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspector’s notification at the site about workers without fall protection exposed to the construction industry’s most lethal hazard - falls from elevation - was especially blatant.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an initial award of $15 million to support disaster-relief employment, and employment and training services in Florida as the state continues its recovery from Hurricane Ian.
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News Release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) sent a letter yesterday to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Marty Walsh to oppose DOL’s new rule which could severely restrict the free speech of federal contractors.
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There is one release scheduled to be published on Oct. 18.
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The U.S. Department of Labor published a final rule to update the H-2A application and temporary labor certification procedures and to improve the protection of agricultural workers.
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There were 10 notices published by the Labor Department in week ending Oct. 8, according to the Federal Register.
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The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Oct. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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There were 111 press releases published by the U.S. Department of Labor in September.
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A Boston man pleaded guilty yesterday in connection with using others’ identities to fraudulently obtain over $65,000 in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) benefits.