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US Department of Labor, Puget Sound Shipbuilders Association renew alliance to promote worker safetyNews Release: SEATTLE - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Puget Sound Shipbuilders Association in Seattle have renewed an alliance to continue a collaborative relationship that provides shipyard workers and companies with information about hazards and resources to promote safe, healthful workplaces and workers’ rights.
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News Release: AUGUSTA, ME - A Maine roofing and siding contractor, solely owned, operated and controlled by Andrew Raymond Pollock, willfully exposed its employees to fall hazards at a Hampden residential construction site on multiple occasions during the same inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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A Bayville, New Jersey commercial landscaping company must pay $181,670 in back wages and a little more than $38,000 in civil penalties for failing to pay 47 temporary workers prevailing wages or overtime.
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US Department of Labor, Puget Sound Shipbuilders Association renew alliance to promote worker safetyNews Release: SEATTLE - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Puget Sound Shipbuilders Association in Seattle have renewed an alliance to continue a collaborative relationship that provides shipyard workers and companies with information about hazards and resources to promote safe, healthful workplaces and workers’ rights.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on April 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published an eight page notice on April 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: CLEARWATER, FL - A federal investigation into how a 47-year-old carpenter was fatally injured on Oct. 6, 2021, at the Pinellas Gateway Express project in Clearwater found his employer violated safety standards by allowing workers to remain in a crane load’s danger zone.
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News Release: CLEARWATER, FL - A federal investigation into how a 47-year-old carpenter was fatally injured on Oct. 6, 2021, at the Pinellas Gateway Express project in Clearwater found his employer violated safety standards by allowing workers to remain in a crane load’s danger zone.
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News Release: WAUKEGAN, IL - A Waukegan contractor - with a history of violating federal safety standards and ignoring safety citations - was cited again by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for exposing workers to deadly fall hazards at two separate job sites in October 2021. Joshua Herion - who does business as ECS Roofing Professionals Inc. - faces proposed penalties of $360,531.
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The Florida State Board of Administration will not make new investments with Chinese firms, it announced in March.
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the Department of Education’s latest push to extend student loan forgiveness through income-driven repayment programs...
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US Department of Labor recovers $11K for 45 workers after investigation finds Tunica seafood processor violated federal wage laws
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Investigation recovers $18K for 58 workers illegally denied full overtime wages by North Miami Beach restaurants’ operator
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US Department of Labor seeks public comment on proposed changes to help states’ improve unemployment insurance processing, other services
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Federal court orders Delaware landscaper to pay $50K in liquidated damages after US Labor Department investigation, litigation
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CORRECTED: U.S. Department of Labor Awards Grants to Support Services For Homeless Veterans Seeking to Reenter Workforce
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PBGC Approves Special Financial Assistance Application
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PBGC Approves Special Financial Assistance Application
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PBGC Approves Special Financial Assistance Application
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Department of Labor seeks nominations to advisory board on compensation, benefits for current, former nuclear weapons industry workers