News from May 2010
By Labor Gazette | May 19, 2010
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY — Teleperformance USA, a Salt Lake City-based call center, has paid $1,978,147 in back wages to 15,862 workers for overtime violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The settlement followed a nationwide investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division in Salt Lake City.
By Labor Gazette | May 19, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The materials supplement OSHA-required training workers must receive before they can be hired to engage in the cleanup. In addition to English, the safety guides and fact sheets initially will be printed in Spanish and Vietnamese in recognition of the diverse population inhabiting the Gulf ...
By Labor Gazette | May 19, 2010
News Release: JACKSON, Miss. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined VT Halter Marine Inc., a shipbuilder, for $1,322,000 following a November 2009 explosion and fire that killed two workers and seriously injured two other workers. The incident occurred in the inner bottom void of a tugboat that was being constructed at the company's Escatawpa, Miss., facility.
By Labor Gazette | May 19, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor will publish a final rule in the May 20 edition of the Federal Register requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to provide notice to their employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act.
By Labor Gazette | May 19, 2010
News Release: RABAT, Morocco — The United States and Morocco on May 18 convened in Rabat the inaugural meeting of the Sub-Committee on Labor Affairs created under the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement. Representatives at the meeting reaffirmed their commitments under the agreement to recognize and protect the rights stated in the International Labor Organization's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.
By Labor Gazette | May 19, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today certified for release $26,015,055 in unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds to the state of New Mexico. New Mexico qualified for the remaining two-thirds of its share of the funds available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by allowing certain part-time workers to claim UI benefits and by providing dependents' allowances for all UI beneficiaries.
By DOT News Wire | May 19, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 19, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 19, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 19, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 19, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on May 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 19, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 19, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2010
The US Interior Department published a five page notice on May 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | May 19, 2010
The US State Department published a one page notice on May 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | May 19, 2010
The US State Department published a one page notice on May 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2010
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2010
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2010
The US Interior Department published a four page notice on May 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2010
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on May 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
