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News Release: BRAINTREE, MA - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Eversource Energy Service Co. for five violations of workplace safety standards after its investigation of a fatal arc flash and arc blast in Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood on July 12, 2022, that led to a worker's death.
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News Release: TRENTON, NJ - Less than four months after citing a Trenton roofing contractor for exposing unprotected workers to deadly fall hazards, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is once again holding the employer responsible for putting its workers' safety at risk.
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News Release: BRAINTREE, MA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Eversource Energy Service Co. for five violations of workplace safety standards after its investigation of a fatal arc flash and arc blast in Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood on July 12, 2022, that led to a worker’s death.
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The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Jan. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - To help identify and address barriers workers face regarding access to state unemployment insurance benefits, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $9.1 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding to the New York State Department of Labor.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced changes to Occupational Safety and Health Administration civil penalty amounts based on cost-of-living adjustments for 2023.
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News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after she sent letters renewing congressional inquiries she began in the 117th Congress to federal agency heads under the Committee’s jurisdiction...
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that the Spanish-language version of the department’s Timesheet App for iOS or Android devices - that tracks work hours, break time, overtime worked and calculates wages due - is now available for free download.
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News Release: LAS VEGAS - The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $179,860 in back wages and liquidated damages from the owners of 10 Korean BBQ, sushi and hot pot restaurants in Las Vegas who failed to combine the hours of 121 employees when they worked at more than one location and did not pay workers overtime wages for the hours over 40 in a workweek.
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News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after the Biden administration announced it is extending the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) for a 12th time...
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors discovered a Manitowoc, Wis., malthouse exposed its employees to machine risk, respiratory protection, restricted spaces and other dangers.
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News Release: SACRAMENTO - An ongoing compliance initiative by the U.S. Department of Labor found that four Sacramento-area home care providers failed to pay employees overtime as required despite some working 24-hour shifts caring for those in need.
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News Release: WILLOW GROVE, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment ordering a Willow Grove home care agency that intentionally denied 433 employees full overtime wages to pay them more than $3.8 million in back wages and liquidated damages.
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Disaster Recovery National Dislocated Worker Grants to Address the Opioid Crisis grant opened on Jan. 11.
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News Release: GARDEN GROVE, CA - A federal court has approved a consent judgment ordering a Southern California adult care provider with a history of labor violations to pay $690,696 to 108 employees after the U.S. Department of Labor recently found the Garden Grove-based employer denied workers all their earned wages.
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News Release: CHESAPEAKE, VA - A Chesapeake home healthcare company and its owners must pay more than $1.5 million - $759,698 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages - to 194 employees after the U.S. Department of Labor obtained a summary judgment in federal court.
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News Release: MANITOWOC, WI - A Wisconsin company that supplies malt barley to major craft breweries, home breweries, and other spirit and food production in the Midwest has again been found exposing employees to dangerous workplace hazards by federal safety inspectors.
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The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - While Michigan saw overdose fatalities decline in 2018 and 2019, the pandemic forced more people to isolate, made treatment services less accessible and worsened the state’s opioids epidemic, reports the Michigan Opioids Task Force.
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News Release: MANITOWOC, WI - A Wisconsin company that supplies malt barley to major craft breweries, home breweries, and other spirit and food production in the Midwest has again been found exposing employees to dangerous workplace hazards by federal safety inspectors.