News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: A Former Executive Director of a non-profit pleaded guilty today to conspiring to unlawfully divert over $380,000 from South Arkansas Youth Services (SAYS), without the authority of the non-profit’s Board of Directors. According to plea documents, the scheme involved steering the non-profit’s funds to ...
By Fed Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement actions listed below: Community Banks of Georgia, Inc., Jasper, Georgia Written Agreement dated May 24, 2011 (PDF) Terminated July 10, 2018 Grand Mountain Bancshares, Inc., Granby, Colorado Order to Cease and Desist, issued by the Office of Thrift Supervision dated November 9, 2009 (PDF) Terminated June 29, 2018 Additional enforcement actions can be searched for here.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: Thank you, Nazak [Nikakhtar], our Assistant Secretary for Industry and Analysis, for that kind introduction. We are fortunate to have people of such high caliber like you working at the Commerce Department.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: The U.S Department of Commerce announced today that it is accepting nominations for the Secretary’s Investment Advisory Council. The role of the Council is to consider ways to attract and retain foreign direct investment (FDI) in the United States. Comprehensively, the United States is home to more FDI than any other country in the world, with a total stock of $3.7 trillion at the end of 2016.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: ANN ARBOR, MI – Joak American Homes – operator of seven affiliated homecare companies in Michigan – will pay $125,793 in back wages owed to 58 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found the company violated the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL – An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has determined that Palm Valley Outdoors LLC, a north Florida seafood restaurant, violated child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). WHD issued the restaurant $4,294 in civil money penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: APPLETON, WI ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Carlos Ketz, who operates as Ketz Roofing, for the sixth time in the past five years for exposing employees to falls. OSHA proposed penalties totaling $48,777. OSHA inspectors cited the roofing contractor – based in Menasha, Wisconsin – after observing employees working without adequate fall protection on a commercial building in Appleton.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta issued the following statement today regarding President Donald J. Trump's Executive Order establishing the National Council for the American Worker and the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board: "President Trump's Executive Order represents ...
By Labor Gazette | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: HASTINGS, FL – A U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found that Sauceda Contractor Inc., an H-2A farm labor contractor, violated the labor provisions of the H-2A visa program and the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA) when it provided farmworkers ...
By Commerce News Now | Jul 19, 2018
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on July 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 19, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 19, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jul 19, 2018
The US State Department published a one page notice on July 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 19, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 19, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 19, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on July 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 19, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on July 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 19, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on July 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 19, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on July 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 19, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
