News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: An Afghanistan citizen and United States Lawful Permanent Resident was indicted today for his role in a scheme to smuggle undocumented aliens from Afghanistan to the United States. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: A federal jury in Flint, Michigan, convicted Gerri Avery today of engaging in a corrupt endeavor to obstruct and impede the due administration of the internal revenue laws, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: A physician with a practice in the District of Columbia was charged in an indictment unsealed today for his role in an alleged $12.7 million health care fraud scheme to submit fraudulent claims to Medicare for complicated medical procedures he never provided. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski ...
By Labor Gazette | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: JONESBORO, GA – Tienda Y Carniceria La Unica 2 Inc. – a supermarket based in Jonesboro, Georgia – has paid a civil penalty of $47,115 after a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found the employer allowed a 16-year-old minor employee to use a power-driven meat-slicing machine in violation of federal law. The minor suffered the amputation of one finger and severe injury to another.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: SAN JOSE, CA – New Thai Bistro – a restaurant based in Pleasanton, California – has paid $172,862 to 14 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found the employer violated the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Due to the willful nature of the violations found, the Department also assessed $1,974 in civil money penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: CINCINNATI, OH – Two Cincinnati, Ohio, home healthcare providers – Millenium Nursing Agency LTD and Residential Homecare Services LLC – will pay $194,811 in back wages to 62 employees after investigations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) found the employers violated the ...
By Labor Gazette | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: LEBANON, MO ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Missouri Cooperage Company LLC ‒ a subsidiary of Independent Stave Company‒ for exposing employees to amputation, noise, and other safety and health hazards at the spirits and wine barrel-making facility in Lebanon, Missouri. The company faces $413,370 in federal penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: DAYTON, OH ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Payne Enterprises Inc. – a plumbing contractor based in Dayton, Ohio – for exposing employees to multiple trenching and excavation hazards following an employee fatality. The company faces penalties of $145,860.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: LENEXA, KS – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA): the Kansas Department of Labor’s Division of Industrial Safety and Health, and McCarthy Building Companies Inc. in Leawood, Kansas, have established a strategic partnership to promote employee safety and health during construction of the Tomahawk Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility Expansion Project in Lenexa, Kansas.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Patrick Pizzella issued the following statement on the July 2019 Employment Situation report: “July’s Employment Situation Report demonstrates the steady and consistent growth of the American economy. The July unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.7%, marking the seventeenth straight month in which the unemployment rate is at or below 4%.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA, GA – US Foods Inc. – a food service distributor based in Rosemont, Illinois – has entered into an early resolution conciliation agreement to pay $116,600 in back wages and interest to resolve alleged hiring discrimination violations found at three of the company’s facilities during a compliance ...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
The US Interior Department published a four page notice on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Aug 2, 2019
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Aug 2, 2019
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Aug 2, 2019
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Aug 2, 2019
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Aug 2, 2019
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Aug 2, 2019
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
