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News Release: AVONDALE, PA - A federal court has approved a consent judgment ordering a Southeast Pennsylvania restaurant to pay a total of $193,817 to 68 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found the employer denied all of the wages owed them by law.
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News Release: MIDDLEFIELD, OH - Twice in six days in June 2022, federal safety inspectors observed a Middlefield roofing contractor exposing workers to deadly fall hazards at two separate job sites in Tallmadge and Columbia Station, continuing a pattern of disregard for workplace safety dating back to 2019.
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News Release: CHARLESTON, WV - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division today announced an extension of the deadline for submitting prevailing wage survey by West Virginia’s highway construction industry employers to Dec. 18, 2022.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - To help remove academic and training barriers faced by young people, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $90 million funding opportunity in YouthBuild Program grants to support pre-apprenticeships in high-demand industries including construction, healthcare, information technology and hospitality.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is seeking nominations for membership on the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the launch of its second annual Chief Evaluation Office Summer Fellowship, and welcomes applications from emerging researchers to work as fellows in 2023.
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The bill passed 290-137 with broad bipartisan support, and now goes to the Senate, where lawmakers must act quickly to beat the Dec. 9 strike deadline.
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News Release: America’s ongoing worker shortage is forcing employers to reimagine how they identify qualified workers. Fewer employers are requiring a baccalaureate degree because arbitrary degree requirements restrict qualified applicants.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of a $12 million cooperative agreement to the American Center for International Labor Solidarity to strengthen democratic, independent workers’ organizations in Brazil, Colombia and Peru.
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The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Nov. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Deputy Undersecretary of Labor for International Affairs Thea Lee was in Vietnam Nov. 15-17 to continue a conversation on labor issues that had started in 2002.
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U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a Wisconsin contractor after an inspection found roofing workers were at risk of serious or fatal injuries.
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News Release: POOLER, GA - Following a workplace safety inspection, federal investigators determined a Pooler location of a national discount retailer stacked and stored merchandise unsafely, exposing workers to struck-by hazards from falling boxes and preventing them from exiting the store quickly in an emergency.
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The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Nov. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Release: Participants: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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COVID-19 was a catalyst for change in many aspects of daily life, most notably teleworking, which numerous companies and governments have adopted as the new norm.
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News Release: BOISE, ID - A federal court and the department’s Office of Administrative Law Judges have ordered an Oakley stone quarry to pay $983,725 in back wages and liquidated damages after U.S. Department of Labor investigators found that the employer violated multiple federal labor laws, which denied 60 workers their rightfully earned wages.
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News Release: APPLETON, WI - An Appleton contractor with a long history of exposing employees to dangerous fall hazards now faces $349,371 in additional penalties after U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors observed roofing workers at heights greater than 6 feet at risk of serious or fatal injuries at two Appleton-area jobsites in May and June 2022.
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News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), led a mark-up to advance nominees to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Department of Labor (DOL), and Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC).
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News Release: Employers: Fa Fa 318 LLC and Sanxi Inc., operators of Japan House restaurants