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The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program by the Local 584 Pension Plan (Local 584 Plan).
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The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program by the Milk Industry Office Employees Pension Plan (Milk Industry Plan). The plan, based in New York City, New York, covers 78 participants.
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Known as the “Air Capital of the World,” the Wichita, Kansas, area is home to some of the world’s largest aerospace manufacturers, so there was a significant ripple effect in the region after the grounding of the Boeing 737 in 2020.
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Just months after one of the largest structure fires in North Carolina’s history, at QVC Rocky Mount Inc.’s Distribution Center in December 2021, thousands of workers found themselves facing unemployment.
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With opioid-related overdoses linked to 3,237 deaths in Ohio in 2018, and the state’s neonatal units reporting higher rates of newborns suffering opioid withdrawal, opioid abuse remains a serious health emergency.
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A federal court has ordered a Massachusetts employer accused of threatening an employee to pay $25,000 in punitive damages plus $164,246 in wages and damages to eight other workers who were underpaid, the Department of Labor announced March 9.
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Two Turlock, California agricultural employers reportedly shortchanged workers; transported and housed them unsafely, according to a federal investigation finding.
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US Department of Labor cites Pennsylvania hot tub manufacturer for continuing to expose workers to dangerous chemicals
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A federal investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that a Smithfield company could have prevented a worker from suffering fatal head injuries while the worker repaired a cement truck on Oct. 21, 2021.
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The U.S. Department of Labor filed suit against a New York ophthalmologist and his practice in Amsterdam for allegedly firing an employee who raised concerns about the practice's failure to implement state-mandated protocols to protect employees from COVID-19, and later filed complaints with state health officials.
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A U.S. Department of Labor investigation found that a plastic packaging manufacturer – with a history of workplace safety and health inspections – could have prevented a worker at its Sterling facility from suffering severe burns if they had complied with OSHA’s requirements for lockout/tagout and provided personal protective equipment.
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Unemployment rates were lower in January than a year earlier in 388 of the 389 metropolitan areas and higher in 1 area, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
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Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Indian and Native American Programs - Employment and Training Grants grant opened on March 21.
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Last week, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee advanced out of committee-in an overwhelming 20-2 vote -Chair Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Ranking Member Senator Richard Burr’s (R-NC) bipartisan Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats, and Pandemics Act (PREVENT Pandemics Act).
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The US Labor Department published a one page proposed rule on March 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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There were 13 notices published by the Labor Department in week ending March 19, according to the Federal Register.
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A 34-year-old workers’ fatal fall at a zipline business in October 2021 could have been prevented if safety measures were taken, an investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration reported.
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A March 10 U.S. Department of Labor news release reported workplace safety violations at four Bergen County worksites led a federal judge to order a New Jersey business owner to pay $2 million in penalties.
