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Recent News About US Department of Labor (DOL)
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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently awarded $8.4 million to the Pan American Development Foundation to help address child labor and inhumane working conditions in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.
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A Jacksonville, Florida roofing contractor faces possible jail time after failing to abide by numerous court orders calling for remediation of safety hazards and the payment of over $2 million in penalties in an ongoing Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) case.
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News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has signed a strategic partnership with Choate Construction to promote worker safety and health during the construction of a mixed-use development in the historic district of Savannah. The Associated General Contractors of Georgia Inc. and the Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute - Safety, Health and Environmental Services Group are also supporting this partnership effort.
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There were two notices published by the Labor Department in week ending Jan. 8, according to the Federal Register.
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The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Jan. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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There were 477 notices published by the Labor Department in 2021, according to the Federal Register.
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A U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division investigation found that the owner of a luxury apartment rental property in San Jose’s historic Japantown denied maintenance workers overtime wages, and failed to keep accurate records of employees’ earnings in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, against a Peachtree City auto repair shop and its owner seeking $36,971 in back wages and liquidated damages after investigators found they violated the retaliation, overtime and recordkeeping prohibitions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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The defendant refused to provide the department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs copies of its affirmative action programs and several other supporting documents during a compliance audit by the agency, in violation of federal law.
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Exposure to dangerous toxins at an Alabama chemical manufacturing plant – Daikin America Inc. – lead to the deaths of two workers and sickened another worker after the employer failed to provide appropriate protective equipment and implement safe work practices during maintenance activities on chemical processing equipment.
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The department’s Wage and Hour Division and Occupational Safety and Health Administration response teams are in the area affected by tornadoes on Dec. 10, 2021, to remind workers of their rights and to make sure employers understand their responsibilities when it comes to paying workers properly, and remind them of their responsibility for their workers’ safety and health.
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The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered more than $9.3 million for participants of a Minneapolis manufacturing company’s employee stock ownership plan after the fund overpaid for company stock in 2011, under the terms of a consent judgment entered in a federal court.
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The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the awards of $14 million in cooperative agreements to support a broad set of actions by two projects intended to combat child labor, forced labor and human trafficking, which affects more than 200 million children, women and men worldwide.
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Spirited hearing Friday seemed positive for opponents, says NFIB lawyer Harned
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The Supreme Court heard arguments today related to the Biden administration's vaccine mandate-or-test mandate on private employers. The court will hear arguments on an application to stay the mandate pending court action on the merits.
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News Release: BILLINGS, MT - A federal workplace safety investigation in July 2021 found a utility contractor in Montana exposed employees working in and around trenches to potentially deadly hazards.
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News Release: BILLINGS, MT - A federal workplace safety investigation in July 2021 found a utility contractor in Montana exposed employees working in and around trenches to potentially deadly hazards.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement on the December 2021 Employment Situation Report:
