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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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Release: Employer name: Sandpiper Autobody Investigation site: 470 W. State St. Pleasant Grove, UT 84062 Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found Sandpiper Autobody in Pleasant Grove misclassified 13 technicians as independent contractors, and failed to pay the ...
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration has published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to revise its standards for occupational exposure to lead.
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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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The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division determined a Reno landscaping company denied 57 of its workers overtime wages by paying cash for hours above 40 in a workweek.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on June 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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There was activity on four bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on June 28.
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The US Labor Department published a one page notice on June 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: MANASQUAN, NJ - A federal investigation has found that a popular chain of sandwich shops allowed 14- and 15-year-old workers to work beyond and outside hours permitted by child labor laws.
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News Release: Today, Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Republican Leader Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a rescheduled joint subcommittee hearing to examine the policies and priorities of the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)...
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News Release: Employer: Controlled Blasting Inc. 1159 Finch Road Winder, GA 30680 Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found Controlled Blasting Inc. - a blasting, demolition and construction contractor in Winder - allowed three 16- and 17-year-old employees to ...
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News Release: WEST PALM BEACH, FL - A federal court in Miami has sentenced the former medical director of a West Palm Beach residential addiction recovery center to prison and ordered more than $31 million in restitution paid as part of a healthcare scheme to obtain reimbursement for $106 million in false claims to more than 80 private insurance companies and federal healthcare benefit programs.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration has published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to revise its standards for occupational exposure to lead.
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News Release: PEORIA, IL - Federal workplace safety inspectors investigating the fatal fall of a 50-year-old journeyman electrician at Caterpillar’s Mapleton foundry have determined that the lead contractor and a nested Caterpillar electrical contractor exposed workers to fall hazards.
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News Release: Employer: A&G Auto Service and Repair Inc. operating as Magic Wheels Auto World Inc. 15252 Spring Hill Drive, Brooksville, FL 34604 Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found A&G Auto Service and Repair Inc. paid a salary for all hours employees worked ...
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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited an Ohio industrial insulation contractor for a fatal fall from a roof and scaffold at an indoor horse-riding facility in Mars, Pa., and serious injuries to other workers.
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News Release: Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC); Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC); Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA); and Employment and Workplace Safety...
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News Release: (Washington, DC) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to news that Secretary of Health Becerra, Secretary of Labor Walsh, and Secretary of the Treasury Yellen sent a letter to group health plans and health insurance issuers reminding them of their obligations under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to provide coverage for contraceptive services at no cost.
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Burr Again Grills Biden Officials on Failure to Provide COVID-19 Plan, Despite Months of QuestioningBurr Again Grills Biden Officials on Failure to Provide COVID-19 Plan, Despite Months of Questioning
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Key Takeaways from Senate HELP Committee Hearing with Biden Officials on Missing COVID-19 Strategy