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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has signed a strategic partnership with Brasfield & Gorrie Construction to promote worker safety and health during the construction of the University of Alabama’s Medical West project in McCalla.
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Inspections at four Dollar General stores in Alabama and Georgia during the summer of 2021 reportedly found the national retailer’s history of exposing workers to dangerous working conditions continues.
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President Joe Biden told the country during his State of the Union address on Tuesday that he wants to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour and extend the child tax credit.
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“INDIANA HUNT-MARTIN POST OFFICE BUILDING“ was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H1169-H1170 on Feb. 28
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Pathway Home 3 grant opened on March 4.
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There were 51 notices published by the Labor Department in February, according to the Federal Register.
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The U.S. Department of Labor has asked a federal court to hold the fiduciaries of a Chicago welfare fund liable for $2.8 million in losses after the fiduciaries allowed funds to be misappropriated.
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News Release: BATAVIA, OH ‒ An employer installing sanitation sewer pipes in a 15-foot-deep trench in Batavia exposed its employees to the hazard of collapsing walls by not installing trench safety boxes.
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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced a new campaign to help ensure mine operators provide proper training in a Feb. 28 news release.
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US Department of Labor recovers wages for Albuquerque supermarket workers repeatedly denied overtimeFair Labor Standards Act overtime violations found when the employer paid employees a fixed salary for all hours worked instead of time and one-half the hourly employees’ rate of pay.
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The U.S. Department of Labor enforces laws that protect workers’ rights. It also holds unscrupulous employers who shortchange their workers accountable, as it has done on behalf of 118 workers at three Oregon restaurants after an investigation revealed wage theft and other violations.
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News Release: MARTINSBURG, WV - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Continental Brick Co. after an investigation found the employer exposed workers to respirable crystalline silica at the company’s brick manufacturing facility in Martinsburg.
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Release: Employer name: Area Wide Protection Inc., doing business as Roadtek Traffic Solutions LLC 5874 N. Lee Highway, Suite 100 Fairfield, VA 24435
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: CHICAGO - The U.S. Department of Labor has asked a federal court in Illinois to hold fiduciaries of the United Employee Benefit Fund, along with its counsel, liable for more than $2.8 million in losses after an investigation found they allowed the misappropriation of the fund’s assets. A Chicago-based multiple employer welfare arrangement, UEBF provides life insurance benefits to about 63 nationwide employer-sponsored benefit plans.
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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Continental Brick Company after finding the employer exposed workers to respirable crystalline silica at the company’s brick manufacturing facility in Martinsburg, W.V.
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), and Ranking Member, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), announced the HELP Committee will hold an executive session on March 15th, to mark up the PREVENT Pandemics Act, legislation aimed at strengthening the nation’s public health and medical preparedness and response systems in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants grant opened on March 2.
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US Department of Labor recovers wages for Albuquerque supermarket workers repeatedly denied overtime
Release: Employer name: Heavenly Victory LLC, doing business as Naranjero Super 1