U. S. Department Of Labor
Recent News About U. S. Department Of Labor
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Parker: OSHA 'top priority is to ensure workers are safe and can exercise their rights'
A website for certain visa certification announced by Occupational Safety and Health Administration is intended to ensure the safety of vulnerable workers, an OSHA official said in a news release.
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Parton: DOL 'recruited 303 organizations to raise their voices in support of registered apprenticeships'
The U.S. Department of Labor has taken a significant step toward promoting, expanding and diversifying registered apprenticeship opportunities across the nation by announcing the addition of 98 new organizations to the existing 205 apprenticeship ambassadors.
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Wage and Hour Enforcer Blanco: 'Care industry workers are among our nation’s lowest paid workers'
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) found that a San Jose assisted living provider operating three facilities intentionally denied 16 workers their overtime pay and recovered $211,000 in back wages and damages for the workers, a DOL press release said.
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Federal Wage and Hour Director: 'Under no circumstances should there ever be a 10-year-old child working in a fast-food kitchen around hot grills, ovens and deep fryers'
Three McDonald’s franchisees in Kentucky have been ordered to pay $212,544 in fines after an investigation found that they had illegally employed 305 minors, some as young as 10 years old.
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Parton: YouthBuild grants will help ‘meet the demands of employers in high-demand industries’
The U.S. Department of Labor awarded $90 million grants to 68 organizations in 32 states to provide training and employment services.
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DOL's Williamson: MSHA 'focused on identifying conditions' that lead to mine accidents
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced that monthly impact inspections of 16 mines in 12 states by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) found 205 violations, including 52 significant and substantial findings.
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Matos: 'Child labor provisions limit the employment of 14- and 15-year-olds'
A Dunkin' franchise owner in Massachusetts is being fined for child labor law violations.
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An: Emplyers ‘will face significant consequences’ for failing to pay workers properly
The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $330,000 in back wages and damages for workers who were denied overtime from a Long Island maintenance company.
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Parker: Amazon's actions 'demonstrate a callous disregard for the well-being' of employees
Online retailer Amazon has again been cited for failing to supply proper medical treatment for injuries suffered by workers at a fulfillment center, this time in Castleton, N.Y.
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Nanda: 'This egregious practice left grieving families without the life insurance'
The U.S. Department of Labor reached a settlement with Prudential Insurance Company of America to revise life insurance practices that denied claims.
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Guaza: 'A federal court has agreed with our finding that these Rosati’s franchisees must pay 35 employees fully'
After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor, a federal court has ordered five pizza franchise operators of Rosati’s restaurants in Illinois and Indiana to pay $250,000 in back wages and damages to 35 restaurant and delivery employees.
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Bohannon: 'Bare Bones Farms jeopardized the lives of its employees'
The U.S. Department of Labor found a Mississippi farm willfully disregarded safety standards after a South African guest worker suffocated in a storage bin.
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Intelligent Waves, LLC settles with DOL to pay more than $435,000 to resolve systemic hiring discrimination against Black applicants
The U.S. Department of Labor announced that it has settled with Intelligent Waves, LLC to resolve an alleged systemic hiring discrimination against Black applicants.
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UHS of Delaware, UHS of Fuller, found guilty of denying employees protection from workplace violence
A federal administrative law judge has found UHS of Delaware and UHS of Fuller guilty after the corporations were accused of exposing employees at the Fuller Hospital in Attleboro to workplace violence without adequate protection in 2019, according to a recent release from the U.S. Department of Labor.
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Parker: 'On Workers Memorial Day, as we remember the people whose jobs claimed their lives'
April 28 is Workers Memorial Day, which pays tribute to victims of work related injuries, which currently claims the lives of about 14 people per day, according to the Department of Labor.
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Colon: 'No worker should fear being punished by their employer for reporting legitimate safety and health concerns'
The U.S. Department of Labor announced that the City of Delray Beach retaliated against a city inspector who was terminated after reporting that the local water system was contaminating the public water supply.
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Cain: H-2B visa workers 'deserve every protection'
The U.S. Department of Labor obtained a consent order allowing for the recovery of more than $300,000 in back wages for 59 workers employed by GSI Pool Finishes under the federal guest worker visa program.
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Barnett: 'U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs allowed the same hazards to endanger employees'
The U.S. Department of Labor found an Arizona Veterans' healthcare facility exposed employees to potentially deadly hazards on steam lines.
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Aleksanian: 'Sun West Services willfully denied' overtime hours for workers
The U.S. Department of Labor discovered a San Bernardino home contractor failed to pay proper overtime wages.
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Hager on turbine manufacturer: 'The inspection found multiple instances of employees exposed to machine hazards'
An investigation into a Houston wind turbine parts manufacturing facility has determined that an employer failed to address safety violations found during a federal inspection in April 2022 and again in a follow-up inspection in November, leading to potential penalties being handed down.