News from July 2018
Hanford Launches New Radiological Access Control Program
By DOE Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - A new program at the Hanford Site brings consistency and safety to a higher level for employees working in and entering radiological areas.
U.S. Department of Labor Cites Oregon Shipbuilder For Serious and Willful Safety Violations
By DOL Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, OR - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Vigor Marine Inc. for 16 willful and serious violations following an inspection at the shipbuilder’s Portland, Oregon, facility. The company faces proposed penalties totaling $370,358.
WIPP Employee Inducted Into Mine Rescue Hall of Fame
By DOE Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Richard “Stik" West of EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) has been inducted into the Metal and Nonmetal National Mine Rescue Hall of Fame.
Cardiologist Gets 20 Months in Prison for Billing Veterans Affairs for Hundreds of Bogus Medical Procedures
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Somerset, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 20 months in prison for defrauding the Veterans Affairs program by billing for services he never performed, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
Timpanogos Cave Closing for 2018 Season on Sept 3; Contract Awarded for New Visitor Contact Station
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service is pleased to announce that it has awarded a contract for construction of a new Timpanogos Cave visitor contact station to the Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Company of Salt Lake City. Work is expected to begin immediately after Labor Day, with completion anticipated in early June of 2019.
Pittsburgh Man Sentenced to 20 Months’ Incarceration for Cocaine Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court for violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
Fort Wayne Man Sentenced to 120 Months in Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Walter Gross, Jr., 58 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Theresa L. Springmann after pleading guilty to one count of Possession of Material Depicting Minors Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
Hanford Site Contractors Receive Honors for Hiring Veterans
By DOE Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractors CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) and Mission Support Alliance (MSA) at the Hanford Site recently received state recognition for hiring veterans through the YesVets program.
Two Individuals Sentenced to Prison and Ordered to Pay More Than $570,000 in Restitution for Stealing a Gold Bar
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: Richard Steven Johnson, 41, of Rio Linda, California, and Jarred Alexander Goldman, 32, of Palm Beach Gardens, were sentenced yesterday, after being convicted of conspiring to steal and stealing a 17th century gold bar on or about Aug. 18, 2010, from the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Museum in Key West.
Justice Department Announces Addendum To Swiss Bank Program Category 2 Non-Prosecution Agreement With Bank Lombard Odier & Co. Ltd.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it has signed an Addendum to a non-prosecution agreement with Bank Lombard Odier & Co., Ltd., of Zurich Switzerland. The original non-prosecution agreement was signed on Dec. 31, 2015. The Swiss Bank Program, which was announced on Aug. 29, 2013, provided ...
Detroit-Area Restaurant Owner Indicted For Employment Tax Fraud
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in the Eastern District of Michigan returned an indictment today charging a Walled Lake, Michigan restaurant owner with 24 counts of failing to account for and pay over employment taxes and one count of willful failure to file an income tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
Departments of Justice and Labor Formalize New Partnership to Protect U.S. Workers From Discrimination and Combat Visa Abuse
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: Today, the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the Department of Labor (DOL) expanded their collaboration to better protect U.S. workers from discrimination by employers that prefer to hire temporary visa workers over qualified U.S. workers. This new partnership, memorialized in a Memorandum ...
U.S. Department of Commerce Issues Affirmative Preliminary Antidumping Duty Determination on Certain Plastic Decorative Ribbon from China
By Commerce News Now | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of imports of certain plastic decorative ribbon from China.
U.S. Department of Labor Conducting Wage Survey Of Building Construction Projects in Michigan’s Metro Counties
By Labor Gazette | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: DETROIT, MI – The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is conducting a building construction survey in the metropolitan counties of Michigan to collect data to establish prevailing wage rates, as required under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts. The survey covers active building construction projects in metropolitan counties between April 1, 2017, and March 31, 2018. It is not limited to federally funded construction projects.
U.S. Department of Labor Investigation Results in Pennsylvania Logging Company Paying $26,985 in Penalties for Child Labor Violations
By Labor Gazette | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA - Benjamin D. Coblentz, a Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania forestry and logging company, will pay $26,985 in civil money penalties after the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) found violations of child labor provisions in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) during an investigation of a serious injury sustained by an employee under the age of 16.
U.S. District Court Orders Little Rock Tire Shop to Pay $76,648 in Back Wages and Damages After U.S. Department of Labor Investigation
By Labor Gazette | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: LITTLE ROCK, AR – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas has ordered Macuil's Tire And Service Center LLC and owner Sergio Macuil to pay $76,648 in back wages and liquidated damages to 12 employees for willful violations of the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The employer was also assessed a $14,160 civil penalty.
Corrected: U.S. Department of Labor Cites Oregon Shipbuilder For Serious and Willful Safety Violations
By Labor Gazette | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, OR – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Vigor Marine Inc. for 16 willful and serious violations following an inspection at the shipbuilder's Portland, Oregon, facility. The company faces proposed penalties totaling $370,358.
U.S. Department of Labor to Hold Public Stakeholder Meetings on Reducing Mine Accidents Involving Mobile Equipment and Belt Conveyors
By Labor Gazette | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) will hold six public stakeholder meetings and a webinar on the Agency's Request for Information (RFI) on Safety Improvement Technologies for Mobile Equipment at Surface Mines, and for Belt Conveyors at Surface and Underground Mines. The RFI was published in the Federal Register on June 26, 2018.
Departments of Justice and Labor Formalize New Partnership To Protect U.S. Workers from Discrimination and Combat Visa Abuse
By Labor Gazette | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division and the Department of Labor (DOL) expanded their collaboration to better protect U.S. workers from discrimination by employers that prefer to hire temporary visa workers over qualified U.S. workers. This new partnership, memorialized ...
What did Transportation Department publish on July 31?
By DOT News Wire | Jul 31, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
