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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.
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News Release: Members: “Such acts of intimidation, which threaten both the safety and education of students enrolled at HBCUs, are of grave concern and we must work to protect these remarkable institutions and their students."
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News Release: Dear Attorney General Garland: We write to you today at the beginning of Black History Month about the disturbing trend of bomb threats and violence against our nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). For the last month, at least 17 of the nation’s 100 HBCUs have been forced to...
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The US Labor Department published a three page proposed rule on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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A Honolulu company was ordered to pay $1.5 million to 171 security officers after a federal investigation determined the company illegally denied workers overtime pay.
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Funding from the U.S. Department of Labor will help organizations provide training and employment services to veterans at risk of or experiencing homelessness.
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There were 12 press releases published by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in January.
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News Release: CHARLESTON, SC - A Charleston Walgreens failed to comply with federal labor laws setting minimum age standards and limiting the number of hours and times a minor-aged employee can work. This led the U.S. Department of Labor to assess a civil money penalty to the Walgreens location, part of the nation’s second largest pharmacy store chain.
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News Release: CALDWELL, ID - A U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division investigation found a painting contractor in Idaho failed to pay workers overtime wages, and failed to keep accurate records of employees’ earnings, both violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Sixteen people participating in an employee retirement plan sponsored by a now defunct Danville construction company will receive distributions of almost $1 million in assets following an investigation and litigation by the U.S. Department of Labor.