US Department of Labor (DOL)
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Recent News About US Department of Labor (DOL)
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The U.S. Department of Labor recently issued a $3,258 penalty against Faris Enterprises of Tennessee, the operator of a McDonald’s franchise location, in Morristown, for violating child labor laws.
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A U.S.-based manufacturer with a facility in Tijuana, Mexico, has been made to pay more than $465,000 for multiple violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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U.S. Department of Labor updated the Federal Employees' Compensation Program to help streamline claims processing for federal firefighters suffering certain occupational diseases.
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The U.S. Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services have signed a Memorandum of Agreement unifying their efforts to combat child-labor exploitation.
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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hours Division has announced that U.S. Logistics Solutions illegally fired an employee for requesting and using Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) protected leave for parental bonding and also to care for a spouse with an eligible health condition.
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The U.S. Department of Labor recovered about $1.1 million from a pair of San Diego companies that underpaid 50 Mexican nationals, with some wages as low as $2.43 per hour.
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A federal investigation found an Algood restaurant reportedly used misused workers' tips and violated child labor laws.
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The U.S. Department of Labor will open an online portal for federal contractors and subcontractors to certify affirmative action program compliance.
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The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $322,000 in back wages for poultry workers at facilities in Alabama and North Carolina.
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A Honolulu addiction treatment center was ordered to pay nearly half a million dollars in back wages to 34 care workers to remedy illegal pay practices.
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A Brooklyn, N.Y. healthcare staffing agency is facing legal action brought by the U.S. Department of Labor for forcing employees to stay with the company for three years or repay rightfully earned wages.
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A federal probe into the deaths of two workers at an Oregon, Ohio, refinery’s crude unit found that BP Products North America violated U.S. Department of Labor’s process safety procedures for highly-hazardous materials and failed to adequately train the workers.
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Students in Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers provided 204,633 total hours of support to federal firefighters in 2022, 20% more than the previous year, according to a release by the U.S. Department of Labor.
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The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration found Dollar General and Dolgencorp LLC exposed workers to unsafe conditions in four locations in Florida and Georgia.
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The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Texas-based oil and gas company Production Waste Solutions LLC for six serious safety and health violations after a worker was fatally exposed to hydrogen sulfide while working near a sump pit in September
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A U.S. Department of Labor investigation into a Boca Grande resort's use of the federal H-2B program to employ non-immigrant workers has resulted in the recovery of $151,598 in back wages for nine workers and $49,401 in civil money penalties.
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The U.S. Department of Labor has launched the Mega Construction Project Program to encourage equal opportunity for workers on federally funded construction projects valued at $35 million or more and lasting for more than one year.
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The U.S. Department of Labor is undertaking several agency initiatives to combat gender and racial pay disparities and ensure pay equity in the implementation of various acts, including the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Chips and Science and Inflation Reduction acts.
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The Biden-Harris administration’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2024 aims to grow the economy from the bottom up and middle out while lowering costs for families, protecting and strengthening Medicare and Social Security and reducing the deficit by asking the wealthy and big corporations to pay their fair share.
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JGN Services, a roofing contracting company based in Lake Mary, Fla., has been fined $55,841 by the Wage and Hour Division for violating child labor regulations after a 15-year-old minor suffered severe head and spinal injuries due to a lack of federally required fall protection on a worksite.