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News Release: WEST COVINA, CA – An Ontario logistics provider of warehousing and distribution services for the home fashion and apparel industry told workers to record only 8 hours of labor each day regardless of how many hours they actually worked – a finding of the U.S. Department of Labor affirmed by a federal court in California recently.
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News Release: BOSTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a preliminary injunction in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts prohibiting a Canton contractor from retaliating against former and current employees who cooperate with the department’s Wage and Hour Division investigation or engage in other activity protected by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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News Release: WEST COVINA, CA – An Ontario logistics provider of warehousing and distribution services for the home fashion and apparel industry told workers to record only 8 hours of labor each day regardless of how many hours they actually worked – a finding of the U.S. Department of Labor affirmed by a federal court in California recently.
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News Release: BOSTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a preliminary injunction in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts prohibiting a Canton contractor from retaliating against former and current employees who cooperate with the department’s Wage and Hour Division investigation or engage in other activity protected by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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News Release: WARREN, MI – The Davis Bacon and Related Acts require contractors on federally funded projects to pay all laborers on site prevailing wage rates and benefits, and mandates that prime contractors make sure their subcontractors follow the rules.
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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) led a letter, signed by every Republican Committee Member, to Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, urging him to immediately stop work on an unnecessary and ill-advised Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS).
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The Departments of Labor and Homeland Security have published a joint temporary final rule making available an additional 22,000 H-2B temporary nonagricultural guest worker visas for fiscal year 2021 to employers who are likely to suffer irreparable harm without these additional workers. Of the supplemental visas, 6,000 are reserved for nationals of the Northern Triangle countries of Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.
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News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, NM - The U.S. Department of Labor, in partnership with El Centro de Igualdad y Derechos and NM Comunidades En Acción Y De Fé(CAFé), the New Mexico Workforce Solutions and Somos Un Pueblo Unido will present a Spanish-language webinar on the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division ’s Essential Workers ‒ Essential Protections initiative on May 26 at 5 p.m. MT.
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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The Departments of Labor and Homeland Security have published a joint temporary final rule making available an additional 22,000 H-2B temporary nonagricultural guest worker visas for fiscal year 2021 to employers who are likely to suffer irreparable harm without these additional workers. Of the supplemental visas, 6,000 are reserved for nationals of the Northern Triangle countries of Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.
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News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, NM - The U.S. Department of Labor, in partnership with El Centro de Igualdad y Derechos and NM Comunidades En Acción Y De Fé(CAFé), the New Mexico Workforce Solutions and Somos Un Pueblo Unido will present a Spanish-language webinar on the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division ’s Essential Workers ‒ Essential Protections initiative on May 26 at 5 p.m. MT.
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The US Labor Department published a one page notice on May 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a one page notice on May 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a one page notice on May 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a one page notice on May 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a three page proposed rule on May 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a seven page proposed rule on May 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: ATLANTA – Since 1998, the U.S. Department of Labor has maintained the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Strategic Partnership Program. More than 850 partnerships have been formed to date, covering more than 31,300 employers and 2.5 million workers nationwide – with the goal of improving safety during large construction projects.
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News Release: COLUMBUS, GA – HPPE LLC must meet exacting standards to manufacture pharmaceutical-related products, but an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found serious hazards that could impact the safety and health of its employees.