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Timothy Edmunds, the former Financial Secretary-Treasurer of Local 412 of theUnited Auto Workers union, pleaded guilty today to embezzling $2.2 million in union funds and tomoney laundering, announced U.S. Attorney Dawn N. Ison
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Two brothers from Chicago have been arrested on a labor trafficking charge for allegedly forcing undocumented Mexican immigrants to work in the construction trade.
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On March 23, 2022, the Federal Grand Jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging Fernando Gallardo-Álvarez and his consensual partner Olga Rivera-Dávila with a conspiracy to commit mail, wire, and bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering violations related to fraudulently obtained funds from the Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Program, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
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Despite their critical role in the economy, farmworkers too often face unpaid wages, unsafe transportation to and from worksites, and substandard housing conditions.The U.S.
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The operator of a Memphis Shell gas station and convenience store paid workers cash bonuses in place of overtime pay and persuaded them to sign altered time records to avoid paying full overtime wages due, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found.
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The U.S. Department of Labor today unveiled a public education campaign on the importance of mental health-friendly workplaces at the Society for Human Resource Management’s Workplace Policy Conference in Washington.
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In an effort to support greater public awareness and improve delivery of unemployment insurance services to people who face obstacles to access, the U.S.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing amendments to its occupational injury and illness recordkeeping regulation, 29 CFR 1904.41. The current regulation requires certain employers to electronically submit injury and illness information - that they are required to keep - to OSHA. The agency uses these reports to identify and respond to emerging hazards and makes aspects of the information publicly available.
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The Solicitor of Labor’s office reportedly argued against the validity of Ralph’s Grocery Company’s confidentiality provision in a mandatory arbitration agreement in a National Labor Relations Board case.
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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently reported that the number of unemployed persons in the United States edged down to 6.3 million, an unemployment rate of 3.8%, during the month of February.
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Release: Employer name: Groundworks Colorado LLC 2575 U.S. 6 & 50, Unit A Grand Junction, CO 81501 Citations issued: Groundworks Colorado LLC One willful violation and five serious violations Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued ...
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News Release: Twelve years ago, Democrats unloaded the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, onto the American people. Since then, the costs of health care and insurance have skyrocketed. Here are five reasons why Obamacare has been an utter failure...
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after President Biden released his FY 2023 budget...
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The Biden-Harris administration today released the President’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget and Fiscal Year 2022-2026 Strategic Plan. The President’s Budget details his vision to expand on the historic progress our country has made over the last year and deliver the agenda he laid out in his State of the Union address: to build a better America, reduce the deficit, reduce costs for families and grow the economy from the bottom up and middle out.
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released its proposed rule that would re-instate provisions of the controversial Obama-era recordkeeping rule...
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News Release: WASHINGTON - Despite their critical role in the economy, farmworkers too often face unpaid wages, unsafe transportation to and from worksites, and substandard housing conditions.
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News Release: MEMPHIS, TN - The operator of a Memphis Shell gas station and convenience store paid workers cash bonuses in place of overtime pay and persuaded them to sign altered time records to avoid paying full overtime wages due, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found.
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Following litigation by the U.S.
