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“PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS“ was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H307-H308 on Jan. 28
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor will hold a meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health on Feb. 22, 2022. In conjunction with the committee meeting, the NACOSH Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Work Group will hold its first meeting on Feb. 25, 2022. Both meetings are open to the public and will be held via teleconference and WebEx. Read the Federal Register notice for more information.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - In the last decade, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the number of fatal overdoses in West Virginia has nearly tripled , nearly 85 percent of them linked to controlled substances including opioids. Nationally, the CDC estimates 91 of the more than 140 Americans who die each day from drug overdose fall victim to opioids.
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News Release: HONOLULU - The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $117,718 in back wages and liquidated damages to 33 workers after their employer in Hawaii recklessly denied them overtime wages they earned.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - At the height of the pandemic, displaced workers flooded state unemployment insurance systems across the nation with requests for assistance and benefits, exposing many antiquated systems and their vulnerabilities. The pandemic exposed disparities in access to benefits affecting women, communities of color and other marginalized workers at a higher rate and often delayed delivery of much needed financial support and services.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - With opioid-related overdoses linked to nearly 2,700 deaths in Maine between 2010 and 2019, and tens of thousands of Maine residents living with chronic addiction, opioid usage remains a serious health emergency there.
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News Release: ARDMORE, PA - A federal court in Pennsylvania has ordered an Ardmore employer who denied more than $1.4 million in wages to hundreds of home care workers in the Philadelphia area to pay its workers more than $2.8 million in back wages and liquidated damages.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that it is accepting applications for the 2022 HIRE Vets Medallion Award. The award is presented annually to employers that meet standards for excellence in the recruitment, hiring and retention of America’s military veterans.
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News Release: Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC) sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona demanding answers regarding the Department’s application ...
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News Release: JACKSONVILLE, FL - A federal court assessed a $50,000 penalty to a north Florida construction contractor for attempting to deceive federal workplace safety investigators.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - Fatal overdoses in New York have nearly tripled in the last decade , with nearly 85 percent of them linked to controlled substances, including opioids. Nationally, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates fatal opioid overdoses kill 91 people each day in the U.S.
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The Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed fines in excess of $14,000 for a Wisconsin-based auto repair company after one of two employers died in a three-week span.
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The Wage and Hour Division found that the Trans Express failed to pay overtime wages to employees who picked up and transported passengers for clients of the company.
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The latest in a long line of back wage crackdowns comes at the expense of a Fort Myers air conditioning company, Sunset Air & Home Services Inc.This week, the US Department of Labor recovered $36k in back wages and damages after finding that the company used improper pay practices and victimized their employees. Wage and Hour Division District Director Nicolas Ratmiroff commented on the investigation, saying, “When employers pay commissions, differentials, certain bonuses, stipends or other incentives, they must include them in calculation of overtime pay.
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The judgement comes after the employer denied them overtime wages that were rightfully earned and then lied to federal investigators about the wages owed.
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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, led a hearing on the need to address the mental health and substance use disorder crises which have been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. In her opening remarks, Senator Murray stressed the need for action to support students, providers, and families struggling through these crises.
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News Release: Employer name: Sinclair & Rush Inc.
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The U.S. Department of Labor has fined PM Engineered Solutions Inc., a Connecticut-based metal fabrication company, after one of its employees was electrocuted repairing a portable water heater on July 14.
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The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled to stop the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Emergency Temporary Standard on vaccination and testing, pending a review by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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OSHA finds the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management violated procedures for safe handling of chemical materials at its helium enrichment unit in Amarillo.