News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Denver, Colorado has returned an indictment, which was unsealed yesterday, charging an Arvada, Colorado resident with failure to pay over payroll taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and filing false corporate tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: A Brooklyn, New York, resident pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to defraud the government and theft of public funds, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division. According to court documents, Akim Martin, also known as Akim Davis, ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the issuance of an Immediate Suspension Order served on Morris & Dickson Company, a wholesale pharmaceutical distributor, located in Shreveport, Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: Cary Hudson, a former financial administrator for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in Carswell, Texas, has agreed to pay the United States $50,000 to resolve allegations that he violated the Anti-Kickback Act by accepting improper payments from Mansfield, Texas-based Integrated Medical Solutions Inc. ...

By Labor Gazette | May 4, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, VA – In keeping with its mission to protect the American workforce, the U.S. Department of Labor will hold a seminar on Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in Richmond on May 16. Hosted by the Department’s Wage and Hour Division, the event will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with registration beginning at 8 a.m. at the Federal Office Building on 400 N. 8th St. Admission is free.

By Labor Gazette | May 4, 2018
News Release: BOSTON, MA – The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts has entered a consent judgment requiring Kyoto Restaurant of Medford LLC and owner Phong Nguyen to pay a total of $15,000 in lost wages and punitive and liquidated damages to a former employee who, the U.S. Department of Labor charged, was terminated for cooperating with a Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation in 2016 and 2017.

By Labor Gazette | May 4, 2018
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, FL – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Desouza Framing Inc. for exposing employees to dangerous falls at two northwest Florida worksites. The Jacksonville-based residential framing contractor faces proposed penalties of $199,178.

By Labor Gazette | May 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta issued the following statement regarding the April 2018 Employment Situation report: “This is a great time to be a job seeker in America. Last month, the unemployment rate fell to 3.9%, the lowest level in nearly 18 years. The unemployment rate ...

By Labor Gazette | May 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta welcomed Katsunobu Kato, Japan’s Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, to the U.S. Department of Labor today to discuss bilateral cooperation and sign a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) that promotes further collaboration between the United States and Japan on labor and employment issues. Secretary Acosta and Minister Kato also discussed Japan’s labor priorities in advance of Japan assuming the G20 presidency.
By Labor Gazette | May 4, 2018
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | May 4, 2018
The US State Department published a one page notice on May 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 4, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 4, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2018
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2018
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2018
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on May 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2018
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2018
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on May 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2018
The US Interior Department published a seven page notice on May 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2018
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.