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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: US Department of Labor, American Society of Safety Professionals
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News Release: WASHINGTON - Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Republican Leader Senator John Boozman (R-AR) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack requesting an extension of the review period...
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News Release: WASHINGTON, March 6 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP), announced Monday that the committee will hold an Executive Session this Wednesday, March 8, at 10:00 a.m. ET to vote on a subpoena for Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, followed...
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News Release: On Wednesday at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a markup to consider two bills: H.R. 734, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023 and H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights Act.
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News Release: LAFAYETTE, GA - A 21-year-old line operator at a LaFayette, Georgia, insulation manufacturer suffered severe head trauma after being caught in a machine's roller. A U.S. Department of Labor investigation determined that the employer willfully ignored federal workplace safety standards.
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News Release: PLOVER, WI ‒ At a Plover, Wisconsin, Del Monte Foods cannery, a 20-year-old seasonal worker suffered a partial amputation of their finger after attempting to unjam an unguarded palletizer machine, a federal workplace safety investigation found.
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News Release: PLOVER, WI ‒ At a Plover, Wisconsin, Del Monte Foods cannery, a 20-year-old seasonal worker suffered a partial amputation of their finger after attempting to unjam an unguarded palletizer machine, a federal workplace safety investigation found.
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News Release: LAFAYETTE, GA - A 21-year-old line operator at a LaFayette, Georgia, insulation manufacturer suffered severe head trauma after being caught in a machine’s roller. A U.S. Department of Labor investigation determined that the employer willfully ignored federal workplace safety standards.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh joined leaders from North America’s Building Trades Unions, the National Urban League and graduates of pre-apprenticeship programs in construction and construction-related industries to discuss how Registered Apprenticeship programs can train the future workforce to help fill jobs in critical sectors.
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News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment and order prohibiting a Somerville, Massachusetts, restaurant and its owner from retaliating against employees who cooperate in the department’s efforts to enforce the Fair Labor Standards Act. Fakhouri Inc. - operating as Sound Bites Café - and Yasser Mirza must also pay $15,000 in punitive damages to the affected current and former employees in connection with the department’s retaliation claim.
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News Release: WESTBURY, NY - Federal workplace safety inspectors have cited a thermometer manufacturer for overexposing their employees to mercury at its West Babylon facility.
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The House section of the Congressional Record published “REDUCE EXACERBATED INFLATION NEGATIVELY IMPACTING THE NATION ACT” on March 1.
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There were eight notices published by the Labor Department in week ending Feb. 25, according to the Federal Register.
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Pepsi Guam Bottling has been issued with proposed penalties of $180,807 after the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found the company had endangered its workers by disabling safety devices.
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The Congressional Record published “Senate” in the Daily Digest section on Feb. 28.
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A federal jury convicted a McComb woman for one count of conspiring to commit wire fraud, one count of conspiring to commit theft of public money, one count of theft of public money, and one count of making a false statement to a federal agent.
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Mexican Nationals Charged with Offenses Stemming from Smuggling and Labor Trafficking Scheme
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A Chicago-area physical therapist, health care professional, and a personal trainer have pleaded guilty to one count of healthcare fraud each for scheming to defraud private insurers for payment of physical therapy and other services that were never rendered.
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United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that The Sherwin-Williams Company has agreed to pay $1 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it participated in a scheme to defraud the federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program in connection with a contract to paint the George C. Platt Memorial Bridge in Philadelphia.