News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that Grenada Lakes Medical Center (GLMC), a publicly-owned hospital which at various times has been operated by the University of Mississippi Medical Center and by the Grenada Lake Medical Center Board of Trustees, has agreed to pay more than $1.1 million to resolve ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a settlement with Rose Acre Farms Inc. (Rose Acre), which is based in Indiana and is one of the largest egg producers in the United States. The settlement resolves a long-standing lawsuit filed by the Justice Department alleging that Rose Acre ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued the following statement on Friday’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) order in the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia: "We strongly disagree with the district court’s decision on Friday in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: The former Minister of Industry of Barbados was arrested Friday and had his initial court appearance today in connection with an indictment charging him with laundering bribes that he allegedly received from a Barbadian insurance company in exchange for official actions he took to secure government contracts ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: Everitt Aaron Jameson, 27, of Modesto, California, was sentenced today to 15 years in prison, and a life term of supervised release, for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: KENNET, MO – The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a complaint and a motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri to enjoin defendant Marin J. Corp. from violating its obligations concerning its employment of H-2A temporary agriculture workers under the H-2A visa program.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: ATHENS, GA – An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has determined that FQSR LLC – an Athens, Georgia, fast-food restaurant operator – violated child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Department assessed the restaurant $10,590 in civil money penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: SEA ISLAND, GA – Sea Island Acquisition LLC has paid $46,922 in back wages to 167 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found the Sea Island, Georgia-based employer violated minimum wage, overtime, and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: NAPLES, FL – Aqua Seafood & Steak – a restaurant based in Naples, Florida – has paid $35,942 in back wages and liquidated damages to 15 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found the employer violated overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: SHADY GROVE, PA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Grove U.S. LLC for exposing workers to struck-by hazards after three employees suffered fatal injuries when a 300-ton crane collapsed at the company’s Shady Grove, Pennsylvania, facility. The company faces proposed penalties totaling $14,976, the maximum amount allowed.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: EL PASO, TX – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited El Paso Underground Construction for failing to protect its employees from trench collapse hazards. The pipe-laying company faces proposed penalties of $190,642.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: MIAMI, FL – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Archer Western Construction Inc. for safety violations after two employees suffered fatal injuries while performing trenching activities at a Miami worksite.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: SODDY DAISY, TN – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Day & Zimmerman NPS Inc. for exposing employees to electric shock hazards at the Tennessee Valley Authority Sequoyah Nuclear Power Plant in Soddy Daisy, Tennessee. The company faces $71,599 in proposed penalties.
By Fed News Journal | Aug 6, 2018
The US Federal Reserve System published a four page notice on Aug. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Aug 6, 2018
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Aug. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Aug 6, 2018
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Aug. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 6, 2018
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Aug. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 6, 2018
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Aug. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 6, 2018
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Aug. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 6, 2018
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Aug. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
