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The US Labor Department published a six page notice on March 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Release: Who: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration Associated General Contractors of America The Center for Construction Research and Training Center to Protect Workers’ Rights Moderator: AGCA Senior Director of Safety and Health Services Kevin Cannon Panelists: ...
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The U.S. Department of Labor published a request for information seeking public comment on how and if it should take action to protect retirement savings and pensions from risks of climate change.
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News Release: INDEPENDENCE, VA - Following a U.S. Department of Labor investigation, and an administrative law judge’s order, 20 temporary agricultural workers who traveled from Mexico to help provide pumpkins, Christmas trees and produce for Mid-Atlantic consumers will be paid $19,988 in back wages by an Independence farm. The farm will also pay $36,000 in civil money penalties.
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The US Labor Department published a one page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) hosted a roundtable discussion on the importance of reforming multiemployer pension plans.
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News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - 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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News Release: WASHINGTON - 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. In February 2022, 1,953 fell victim as layoffs began, prompting the U.S. Department of Labor to respond to help affected workers in 10 counties find new employment opportunities.
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The Department of Labor and the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division signed a March 10 memorandum of understanding, strengthening the partnership between the two agencies in order to help them better protect U.S. workers.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - Women in the U.S. must work until March 15 to be paid the same amount men were in the prior year. This unequal burden on women - especially on women of color - reflects the distance that remains before we achieve an inclusive economy with good jobs for everyone. Among other health, security ...
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Release: Employer name: PGA Inc. Inspection site: 185 South Street, Freeland, Pennsylvania 18224 Date inspections initiated: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated two inspections on Sept. 2, 2021, after receiving a referral from the Freeland Borough’s Office ...
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News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division is continuing its multi-year education and enforcement initiative to increase compliance with federal labor laws in the Southeast’s agricultural industry. In addition to enforcement activity, the initiative provides compliance assistance to employers and educates workers and other stakeholders.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a supplemental award of $800,000 in funds to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands’ Department of Labor - Workforce Investment Agency Division to support continued pandemic-related, disaster-relief employment.
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News Release: HARTFORD, CT - A federal court entered a consent order that requires two Fairfield County restaurants and their owners - who used threats of retaliation to coerce nine workers to kick back thousands of dollars of back wages and liquidated damages recovered by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division - to pay $150,000 to those employees.
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The US Labor Department published a one page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: DALLAS - As minor-aged workers seek to make extra cash by working more hours during spring recess, their employers should take the opportunity to review federal child labor laws to avoid violations and costly penalties.
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News Release: SCOTTSDALE, AZ - The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered a Scottsdale, Arizona-based ammunition manufacturer to pay compensatory damages, back wages and associated costs to an employee forced from its board of directors after reporting potentially illegal stock transactions.
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News Release: ALBANY, NY - 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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News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee and U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chair of the Special Committee on Aging, commended the U.S. Department of Education for launching a historic initiative to help...