News from October 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: Today the Justice Department has reached a settlement agreement with Riverside County, California, resolving claims alleging that the county violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The complaint, filed on Sept. 28, 2015, alleges that the county discriminated in its employment practices by ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that Schaffhauser Kantonalbank (SHKB) has reached a resolution under the department’s Swiss Bank Program. The Swiss Bank Program, which was announced on Aug. 29, 2013, provides a path for Swiss banks to resolve potential criminal liabilities in the United States. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: A federal grand jury in Covington, Kentucky, returned an indictment against one former and two current Japanese automotive executives for their alleged participation in a conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids for the sale of automotive body sealing products sold in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: A Miami-area pharmacy owner was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for his role in the submission of more than $1.8 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Thursday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on September 16-17, 2015. A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes.
![OSHA News Release: OSHA: Meatpacking District fatality 'completely avoidable' [10/08/2015]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/fc/b0/11410091/webp_adobestock_294508985.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: NEW YORK — Carlos Moncayo, a 22-year-old laborer from Queens, was trying to make a living as he worked on the construction of a Restoration Hardware store at 19 Ninth Ave. in Manhattan on April 6, 2015. Instead, his life ended that day when the 14-foot-deep trench in which he was working collapsed and buried him beneath tons of soil and debris.
![OSHA News Release: OSHA cites the US Forest Service for serious, repeated violations at two Malheur National Forest ranger districts [10/08/2015]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/dc/b3/11410094/webp_adobestock_302181503.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: PORTLAND, OREGON — After spending days fighting fires, clearing brush and performing arduous physical tasks, U.S. Forest Service employees should return to a safe home base after work. Yet repeated inspections of national forests throughout Oregon during the last 10 years have found the opposite, with the Forest Service cited by federal inspectors for widespread safety violations nine out of every 10 visits.
![OFCCP News Release: Fastenal Company will offer positions to 171 job applicants at Indianapolis and Atlanta facilities in hiring discrimination settlement [10/08/2015]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/86/fc/11410086/webp_adobestock_318102163.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS — The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has found that Fastenal Company, North America's leading distributor of fastening products and a federal government contractor, discriminated against 171 job applicants who sought general warehouse positions at two of its distribution facilities in Indianapolis and Atlanta.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 8, 2015
The US Labor Department published a six page rule on Oct. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 8, 2015
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Oct. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 8, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 8, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 8, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 8, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 8, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Oct. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 8, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Oct. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 8, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 8, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Oct. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Oct. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Oct 8, 2015
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Oct. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
