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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 $10 million in funding to the Partners of the Americas for promoting gender equity and reducing workplace discrimination and harassment in Mexico.
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Two Ohio-based roofing companies were recently found by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to have knowingly disregarded fall protections resulting in a 19-year-old employee’s death at Neville Island, Pennsylvania in June.
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The operators of a behavioral health care facility in Attleboro, Massachusetts have recently been ordered to pay $30,515.63 in legal fees after failing to comply with an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued subpoena for video footage of violent incidents involving employees.
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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently awarded a $5 million grant to the American Center for International Labor Solidarity (ACILS) to assist in protecting workers’ rights in the agricultural sector in Honduras and Guatemala and the clothing industry in El Salvador.
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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently awarded an $8 million grant to support the improvement of workplace safety and employee health in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.
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DOL distributes $5 million in grant funding to reduce, prevent forced labor, child labor in MalaysiaThe U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has recently awarded $5 million in grant funds to help combat forced labor and child labor in the Malaysian palm oil and garment industries.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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There were six notices published by the Labor Department in week ending Dec. 25, according to the Federal Register.
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A workplace safety investigation into the June death in Neville Island of a 19-year-old roofing worker who fell 30 feet through an unprotected skylight found two commercial contractors willfully failed to use fall protection systems that might have saved his life.
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News Release: BRADENTON BEACH, FL - Two men doing framing work at a residential construction project in Bradenton Beach on June 23, 2021, had no warning when the platform beneath them failed, causing both to fall about 25 feet - roughly two stories - to the ground. Head trauma killed a 49-year-old carpenter and crew leader, who died at the scene. The second worker, a 40-year-old carpenter, suffered fractures to his leg, knee, ribs and nose, and needed transport to a local hospital.
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News Release: JACKSONVILLE, FL - A Florida-based roofing contractor - with a long history of exposing his workers to the serious and potentially fatal risks related to falls - faces possible incarceration for his failure to comply with court orders once again.
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The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The U.S. Department of Labor will reopen the rulemaking record and hold a virtual public hearing on Jan. 11, 2022, on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s proposed rule for Safety Program for Surface Mobile Equipment to improve safe usage of mobile, powered-haulage equipment.
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Biden administration announced it would extend the pause on student loan repayments yet again...
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News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of a $5 million cooperative agreement to Social Accountability International to prevent and reduce forced labor and child labor abuses in the Malaysian palm oil and garment industries.
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The US Labor Department published a nine page notice on Dec. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: JACKSON, MS – Federal investigations of six Mississippi fish farms by the U.S. Department of Labor have led to the recovery of $102,176 in back wages for 123 workers and the assessment of $69,122 in civil money penalties.