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WASHINGTON – El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. ha anunciado que su Administración de Seguridad y Salud Ocupacional ha llegado a un acuerdo corporativo con Dollar General y sus filiales minoristas para realizar mejoras significativas en la seguridad del lugar de trabajo en las tiendas de todo el país.
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The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has reached a corporate-wide settlement with Dollar General and its retail subsidiaries to implement significant workplace safety improvements across stores nationwide.
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WASHINGTON – The Biden-Harris administration has announced the largest combined federal investment in Registered Apprenticeships to date, with the Department of Labor awarding over $244 million through two grant programs. These funds aim to modernize, diversify, and expand the Registered Apprenticeship system in growing U.S. industries.
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Two years after the U.S. Department of Labor included Kyoei Steel LTD in its program for severe violators of federal safety and health regulations, inspectors have returned to the Vinton steel fabrication and recycling facility and found ongoing safety violations.
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INDIANAPOLIS – Despite a 2022 federal court judgment requiring him to pay his employees overtime, Tim Paul, owner of eight Indianapolis-area healthcare services companies, continues to use improper pay practices, the U.S. Department of Labor alleges in its request that a federal court hold the employer in contempt for ignoring the 2022 decision.
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The U.S. Department of Labor announced today the availability of up to $1 million in Brookwood-Sago grants aimed at enhancing mine safety and health education. These grants are intended to support training programs for the mining community, helping workers identify, avoid, and prevent unsafe and unhealthy working conditions.
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NEW YORK – The U.S. Department of Labor has asked a federal court to halt improper employment practices by a Virginia-based IT staffing agency that allegedly bind employees to their jobs, extract large sums if they leave the firm, and forbid them from engaging in protected activities under federal law.
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BOSTON – Federal workplace safety investigators found that a Boston waterproofing contractor exposed employees to life-threatening cave-ins and excavation hazards at residential worksites in Arlington, Massachusetts, and Warwick, Rhode Island, twice in less than three months in late 2023.
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The U.S. Department of Labor has announced the allocation of over $39 million in grants to 46 states and territories. These funds aim to enhance the capacity of Registered Apprenticeship programs across various key industries, providing workers with access to new, well-paying jobs under the Biden-Harris administration’s Investing in America agenda.
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The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $172,392 for 21 workers following an investigation into wage practices at Chicanos Cocina Bar and Grill in Richmond, Virginia. The department's Wage and Hour Division found that the restaurant, operated by Chicanos Inc., failed to pay non-exempt kitchen salaried employees an overtime premium for hours worked over 40 in a workweek. Additionally, tipped employees were not compensated at the correct overtime premium rate.
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A U.S. Department of Labor workplace safety investigation has found that an industrial concrete construction contractor failed to follow required safety procedures, which could have prevented a 65-year-old worker from suffering fatal injuries when a shipping container weighing more than four tons fell and struck the employee at a job site near Tuscaloosa.
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The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $110,076 in back wages and damages for 46 workers employed by Southern Care Connection LLC, operating as #1 in Homecare, based in New Orleans. The investigation revealed that the company paid non-exempt employees straight time for overtime hours worked beyond 40 hours per week, violating the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
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A federal investigation has recovered $912,594 for 44 employees of a Londonderry brewery and restaurant that illegally kept workers’ credit card tips and incorrectly exempted several salaried employees, such as brewers, bartenders, cooks, and administrative staff from overtime pay requirements.
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The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division, in collaboration with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will host a series of online webinars in August to coincide with Breastfeeding Awareness Month. These webinars aim to educate expectant and new mothers about their workplace rights.
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The U.S. Department of Labor has announced an $800,000 award to the Montana Department of Labor and Industry. This funding is intended for employment and training services for individuals in Montana affected by the closure of Pyramid Lumber and Roseburg Forest Products lumber mills in Missoula County.
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The Department of Labor will convene a meeting of the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, also known as the ERISA Advisory Council, from July 8-10 at the department’s Francis Perkins Building in Washington. The meeting will be open to the public and accessible both online and via teleconference.
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The U.S. Department of Labor will host an information session in Lisle, Illinois, on July 18 for current and former nuclear weapons workers employed at covered facilities to discuss benefits available under the federal Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act. The session is also open to these workers’ survivors.
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HOUSTON – A La Porte tank cleaning company has once again been cited for federal safety violations, similar to those that led to a previous fatality. In December 2023, just two days before Christmas, the wife and son of an employee at Qualawash Holdings LLC grew concerned when he did not return after his shift. Later that day, he was found unresponsive.
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The U.S. Department of Labor announced the incremental award of $3,750,000 in funding to support continued disaster-relief employment and workforce training for eligible residents in Florida as the state recovers from Hurricane Ian.
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WASHINGTON – The Acting Secretary of Labor, Julie Su, issued a statement regarding the June 2024 Employment Situation report.