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Recent News About US Department of Labor (DOL)
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Federal court orders Arizona construction employer to pay coercive fines of up to $120K every three months if it continues to falsify employee time records
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US Department of Labor recovers $166K in back wages for 732 convenience store workers in Oklahoma charged for uniforms, register shortages
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News Release: SIOUX FALLS, SD - As Midwest temperatures rise, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration reminds employers and workers not to ignore the dangers of working in a hot environment - indoors and out - and remember “Water. Rest. Shade." can be the difference between ending the workday safely, suffering serious injuries or worse.
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An Arizona contracting company has been fined nearly $350,000 after an investigation by the Wage and Hour Division found it violated overtime-pay regulations in the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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FY 2022 Foreign Labor Certification Grant Planning Guidance grant opened on June 13.
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News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO ‒ Recognizing the need for developing safe electrical work practices at the start of a career, the Kansas City Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee - a training apprenticeship program for electricians - has signed an alliance with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration offices in Kansas City, Missouri, and Wichita, Kansas.
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US Department of Labor awards $9.1M to Texas to promote equitable access to state’s unemployment insurance system
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US Department of Labor cites Orlando contractor after 67-year-old worker fatally struck by collapsing roof trusses at Orange City building site
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US Department of Labor recovers $283K in wages, liquidated damages for 19 New Hampshire landscaping contractor workers willfully denied overtime pay
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US Department of Labor announces $50M grant funding availability to help close equity gaps, expand access to training needed for good-paying jobs
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US Department of Labor recovers more than $78K in back wages, damages for 80 Florida workers denied overtime by construction contractor
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There were seven notices published by the Labor Department in week ending June 11, according to the Federal Register.
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McDowell and Walker Inc. is facing a $203,000 fine from U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration recently launched a new initiative to protect the nation’s miners from health hazards resulting from overexposure to respirable crystalline silica.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration has issued guidance to inform states about their grant allotments, and the process and timelines to apply for funding to administer services through their foreign labor certification programs.
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News Release: MILWAUKEE - A federal judge has sentenced the former president of the International Longshoremen’s Association Local 1295 - a dockworkers’ union known as the Milwaukee Grain Trimmers - to home confinement of 240 consecutive days, 2 years of probation, ordered to pay a $200 special assessment and $219,000 in restitution to the union and its employee benefit plan.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement after the International Labor Organization today recognized occupational safety and health as a Fundamental Principle and Right at Work:
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Departments of Labor and State, and the U.S. Agency for International Development today issued “Guidance on Fair Recruitment Practices for Temporary Migrant Workers ," with principles and guidelines on preventing abuse of prospective workers.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of more than $18 million in competitive grant funding to help workers in Maine, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin understand the application process for claiming and receiving unemployment benefits and related services.
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There was activity on seven bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on June 9.