News from January 2015
![OSHA News Release: Blast turns fatal at fireworks storage in Pittsburg, Kansas [01/22/2015]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/b0/e9/11410062/webp_adobestock_223399507.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURG, Kan. — Two Lone Star Management LLC employees were directed to use a gas-powered forklift to move pallets of fireworks and cardboard out of an explosives storage facility in Pittsburg when the gas ignited, which caused an explosion and fire. Within seconds, the trapped employees became engulfed ...
![OFCCP News Release: Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory settles race and sex discrimination case with US Labor Department [01/22/2015]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/73/9a/11410087/webp_adobestock_89829810.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: BALTIMORE — The Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University will pay $359,253 to settle allegations of discrimination made by two African American women who were employed at its Laurel, Md. facility. An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs determined that the lab violated Executive Order 11246 , which prohibits federal contractors from discriminating in employment on the basis of race or sex.
![ILAB News Release: Bureau of International Labor Affairs invests $11M to strengthen oversight and effectiveness of programs to combat child labor and forced labor [01/22/2015]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/b4/54/11410055/webp_adobestock_204335772.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON — With an estimated 215 million children engaged in child labor and nearly 21 million victims of forced labor worldwide, it's critical that investments in projects to improve their lives employ the most effective and efficient interventions. Strong project monitoring and rigorous evaluations ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: Date of Action: January 8, 2015 Type of Action: Complaint and Consent Judgment and Order Names of Defendants: Richard Curtis Herring.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
The US Interior Department published a six page proposed rule on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 22, 2015
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 22, 2015
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jan 22, 2015
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 22, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 22, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jan 22, 2015
The US State Department published a three page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 22, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 22, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 22, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 22, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 22, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 22, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 22, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 22, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 22, 2015
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
