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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division and Office of the Chief Information Officer today launched an app for use on Android devices that helps track work hours, break time, overtime hours and calculates wages due. The department previously launched the iOS version of the division’s Timesheet App.
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News Release: MIDDLEBURG, FL - A U.S. Department of Labor investigation into a roof collapse that caused a 43-year-old laborer’s fatal injuries at a Middleburg work site on Dec. 13, 2021, found the employer failed to follow required safety standards that might have prevented the incident.
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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), hosted a virtual roundtable with Washington state abortion providers to hear directly about their experiences in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning...
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News Release: Employer: Smoky Hearth LLC Investigation site: 16607 Champion Way #100 Sandy, OR 97055 Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found Smoky Hearth LLC - operator of the Smoky Hearth Restaurant Bar and Grill - kept all tips earned by tipped employees and ...
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News Release: SULPHUR SPRINGS, TX - A federal workplace safety investigation found that a temporary worker suffered serious injuries on Jan. 3, 2022, after being struck by a large mold at a Texas concrete polymer manufacturing company. It was determined that the employer failed to install machine guards that would have prevented the incident.
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News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Overtime wages owed to 215 security professionals who patrol Indianapolis International Airport’s grounds, guard local businesses, and provide round-the-clock traffic control in the area were paid following an investigation and litigation by the U.S. Department of Labor.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh restaurant and distillery used its tip pool improperly - requiring servers to share tips with managers and supervisors- in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act , a federal investigation has found.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $50,643,113 in Pathway Home grants to 18 organizations in 14 states to provide training and employment services to adults reentering the workforce following incarceration in a local jail or state correctional facility.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission hosted an online discussion on June 28, 2022, on skills-based hiring to promote equal employment opportunity in the workplace.
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News Release: Employer name: Valley Veterinary Associates, 647 State Highway 7, Unadilla, New York 13849
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There is one release scheduled to be published on July 1.
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There is one release scheduled to be published on July 1.
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News Release: HOUSTON - On Jan. 26, 2022, a 21-year-old roofing worker suffered fatal injuries after falling about 30 feet through a skylight atop a Houston building, a fatality that a Burleson contractor could have been prevented if they had heeded a U.S. Department of Labor citation issued one month earlier.
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There is one release scheduled to be published on July 1.
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News Release: CONNEAUT, OH - An Ohio aluminum vehicle parts manufacturer cited for safety and health violations after a worker in Ravenna suffered fatal injuries in March 2021, continues to put workers at risk.
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A Memphis, Tenn., deli allowed teenage workers to clean and operate a deli meat slicer on a daily basis in violation of federal child labor laws.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today published a proposed rulemaking to approve a new occupational safety and health plan for Massachusetts state and local employers and their employees.
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News Release: SPARTANBURG, SC - A federal investigation into child labor violations at a Spartanburg Bojangles has led the franchisee to partner with the U.S. Department of Labor to make sweeping changes to enhance working conditions for minor-aged workers and compliance with labor laws at the operator’s 93 locations in six states.