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Recent News About US Department of Labor (DOL)
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US Department of Labor recognizes Denver electrical power generation team for workplace safety, health excellence with ‘Star’ designation
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US Department of Labor seeks nominations for four vacancies on National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
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US Department of Labor cites Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. after ammonia leak hospitalized workers, led to evacuation of Canton poultry processing plant
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US Department of Labor proposes $480K in additional fines to Ohio vehicle parts manufacturer for continuing to expose workers to multiple hazards
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Discounting safety: Dollar Tree’s history of ignoring workplace safety, hazards continues with $1.2M in penalties at two Family Dollar stores in Ohio
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Baton Rouge roofing contractor’s failure to heed February warning turns deadly as unprotected worker plunges through skylight in April
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US Department of Labor finds Appleton roofing contractor again exposing workers to potentially deadly fall hazards; proposes $94K in fines
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US Department of Labor renews 'Star Level' designation of Veolia ES Technical Solutions LLC for workplace safety, health achievements
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Pompano Beach contractor’s failure to heed prior violation left roofing workers unprotected, investigation into employee’s 25-foot fatal fall finds
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US Department of Labor proposes more than $330K in penalties to Family Dollar Stores Inc. for workplace safety failures
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US Department of Labor recognizes Billings' refinery testing team for workplace safety, health excellence with 'Star' designation
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded a $7 million cooperative agreement to increase worker protections to reduce child labor, forced labor and other forms of labor exploitation in the chile pepper and tomato sectors operating in the Mexican states of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Guerrero and Oaxaca.
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Spring Grove glass companies earn ‘Star’ level designation for exemplary workplace safety, health programs
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US Department of Labor awards $7M agreement to help reduce child labor, forced labor, other abuses in Mexico’s chile pepper, tomato sectors
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News Release: HONOLULU - A U.S. Department of Labor investigation has recovered $156,837 in back wages from a Honolulu contractor who paid 46 workers lower wages than the law allows for the type of work they performed under federal contracts awarded by U.S. Marine Corps, Navy, Army and Coast Guard in Hawaii.
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News Release: Participant: Onward Energy, SWG Arapahoe LLC
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There was activity on two bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Aug. 1.
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News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a new HELP Committee report on the impacts of a post-Roe America and the state of abortion policy following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs.
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News Release: CANTON, GA - A federal workplace safety investigation into a Jan. 19, 2022, ammonia leak that hospitalized two workers and led to the evacuation of about 50 workers at a Canton poultry processing plant found their employer might have prevented the incident by ensuring required safety standards were followed.
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News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - A Baton Rouge roofing contractor - who ignored federal safety inspectors’ February 2022 warnings that not complying with required fall protection standards exposed their workers to serious dangers - now faces the consequences after an investigation into a worker’s deadly fall at a different work site two months later found the incident could have been prevented if protective devices were used.