News published on Federal Newswire in December 2014

News from December 2014


WHD News Release: Florida's hotel and motel industry is rife with labor violations [12/17/2014]

News Release: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Florida hotel and motel workers struggle to live on low wages and often lack critical benefits like sick leave. Their lives are made harder when their employer refuses to pay them for all hours worked or for overtime premiums when employees' hours exceed 40 hours in a week. To combat ...


OSHA News Release: Death of Brooklyn, New York, supermarket worker preventable, OSHA finds [12/17/2014]

News Release: NEW YORK — A 22-year-old employee of Moisha's Kosher Discount Supermarket Inc. in Brooklyn was fatally crushed between a cement wall and a forklift on June 10, 2014, as employees used an electrical pallet jack to push a broken forklift up a ramp to the supermarket's roof. While doing so, the forklift ...


OSHA News Release: Formed Fiber Technologies ignores violations and exposes workers to dangerous machinery and risk of serious injury [12/17/2014]

News Release: SIDNEY, Ohio — For the third time since October 2013, Formed Fiber Technologies LLC has been cited for putting workers at risk of amputation and other serious injury by exposing them to dangerous, moving machine parts. The Sidney facility produces motor vehicle interior trimmings for Toyota Motor Corp., ...


OSHA News Release: OSHA cites Dollar Tree Stores for exposing workers to serious hazards for second time in Delaware [12/17/2014]

News Release: NEW CASTLE, Del. — North American discount chain Dollar Tree Stores Inc. has been cited for the second time in Delaware since late 2013 by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration after inspectors saw an employee struck by falling boxes during a visit to its New Castle store in June 2014. For willfully and repeatedly exposing workers to serious hazards there, OSHA has proposed penalties totaling $103,000.


The US State Department published a two page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a five page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a six page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.