News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: Agree to Forfeit $4.1Million A Kenner, Louisiana couple was sentenced today for crimes related to the operation of their check cashing business, VJ Discount Inc., announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: Satish Kartan, 43, and his wife, Sharmistha Barai, 38, of Stockton, California, were indicted by a grand jury today for forced labor and conspiracy to commit forced labor. Kartan was also charged with fraud in contacting foreign labor and Barai was also charged with benefiting from forced labor. Principal ...
By Fed Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday ordered JPMorgan Chase & Co. to pay a $61.9 million civil money penalty for unsafe and unsound practices related to the firm's practice of hiring individuals referred by foreign officials and other clients in order to obtain improper business advantages for the firm.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Ohio – OSHA cited an Ohio company after a 33-year-old employee was crushed to death in June 2016 as he was digging soil out of the 12-foot trench in Washington Township, when the trench walls around him collapsed – burying him in thousands of pounds of dirt. Rescue workers recovered his body a few hours later.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued a final rule updating its general industry Walking-Working Surfaces standards specific to slip, trip, and fall hazards. The rule also includes a new section under the general industry Personal Protective Equipment standards that establishes employer requirements for using personal fall protection systems.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration has successfully obtained a permanent injunction against Sullivan Granite Co. LLC and its owner, Conrad J. Smith, ordering him to correct all safety hazards at Brown’s Meadow Quarry in Sullivan, Maine, and prohibiting him from refusing agency inspectors entry to conduct safety inspections.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of more than $111 million in America’s Promise grants to 23 regional workforce partnerships in 28 states to connect more than 21,000 Americans to education and in-demand jobs.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 17, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 17, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 17, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 17, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 17, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 17, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 17, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 17, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 17, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 17, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Nov 17, 2016
The US State Department published a one page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 17, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Nov 17, 2016
The US State Department published a one page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
