News published on Federal Newswire in October 2016

News from October 2016


News Release: U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews today highlighted the need for greater collaboration between American and Chinese health care sectors during his remarks at the China Chamber of Commerce for Imports and Exports of Medicines & Health Products (CCCMHPIE) Luncheon in Beijing. CCCMHPIE represents ...


US Labor Department sues Gloucester seafood processor, Lowell employment agency to recover at least $272K in wages, damages for 55 employees

News Release: BOSTON — The U.S. Department of Labor is suing a Gloucester seafood processing, packing and distribution business; a Lowell temporary employment agency and payroll service that supplies temporary workers exclusively to the business, and their respective owners, for underpaying 55 vulnerable low-wage workers, falsifying records and taking improper payroll deductions from some of the employees.


Louisiana nursing home operator pays nearly $120K in penalties, back wages, damages to resolve violations following federal investigation

News Release: NEW ORLEANS – Two U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigations found that a nursing care operator with multiple southern Louisiana facilities violated the minimum wage , overtime and record-keeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.


OSHA cites South Florida tree trimming service in worker’s fatal electrocution

News Release: FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Had proper precautions been taken, a 34-year-old tree trimmer would not have been fatally electrocuted when an aluminum pole saw made contact with overhead power lines, an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a four page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a five page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.