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News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh joined other Department of Labor officials to meet with a group of immigrant workers and worker advocates in Washington on Oct. 6, 2022, to discuss the importance of protecting these workers and strengthening relationships among those committed to their well-being.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: APPLETON, WI - Bacilio Rios, an Appleton roofing contractor who has shown callous disregard for employees’ safety and scoffed at federal safety requirements since 2009, now faces $301,512 in penalties after a U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspector observed four roofing workers at heights greater than 8 feet without protection to prevent serious or fatal injuries.
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News Release: MILLVILLE, NJ - A Pennsylvania-based metal coatings company that enacted a comprehensive safety and health program to protect workers at its corporate headquarters failed to do the same for employees at a manufacturing facility it opened in the fall of 2021 in Millville, a federal workplace safety investigation has found.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: SUFFOLK, VA - A Suffolk construction staffing agency and its owner who intentionally misclassified workers as independent contractors - a serious form of wage theft - must pay $278,073, in back wages and liquidated damages to 208 construction workers following an investigation and litigation by the U.S. Department of Labor.
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News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), released the following statement in response to Republican Senators’ new bill that would repeal the Inflation Reduction Act’s historic Medicare prescription drug negotiation policy.
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News Release: WHEELING, WV - A Millersburg, Ohio, contractor with a long history of disregarding workplace safety standards now faces more than $1 million in penalties after an inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found their employees working at dangerous heights without fall protection, this time at a West Virginia work site.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement on the September 2022 Employment Situation Report:
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News Release: IRVING, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration ordered ExxonMobil Corp. to immediately reinstate two employees and pay them more than $800,000 in back wages, interest and compensatory damages. A federal whistleblower investigation found the company terminated them illegally after suspecting them of leaking information to the Wall Street Journal.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a final rule to amend H-2A temporary labor certification regulations to protect agricultural workers better, and to update the H-2A application and temporary labor certification process. The final rule will be published in the Federal Register on Oct. 12, 2022.
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There is one release scheduled to be published on Oct. 11.
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Congress has instructed federal agencies to disburse funds to local projects selected by individual members as part of the 2022 fiscal year appropriations.
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There is one release scheduled to be published on Oct. 11.
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Former Medical Assistant Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Role in Health Care Fraud Conspiracy
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Chicago Man Indicted on Fraud Charges Related to Pandemic Unemployment Benefits
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Lebanon County Man Indicted On COVID-19 Unemployment Fraud Charges
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Santa Ana Man Charged with Using Stolen Identities to Apply for More Than $1 Million in Pandemic-Related Unemployment Benefits
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Woburn Restaurant Owners Arrested and Charged with Human Smuggling