News from January 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2019
News Release: Florence, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that 10 of 12 defendants who were indicted for their roles in a Myrtle Beach-area retail drug distribution organization have pled guilty to federal firearms and narcotics charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Donovan Scott Flaherty, 28, of Brandon, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways & Means Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Robert Lighthizer announced the delivery of a request to the government of Peru for consultations under the Environment Chapter of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (Peru Trade Agreement)...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 4, 2019
News Release: Following a vote by his Democratic colleagues Friday, Congressman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota’s Seventh Congressional District was elected Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture. This is the second time Peterson has served as the committee’s chairman, first serving from 2007 to 2011. Peterson, who had previously served since 2011 as the committee’s Ranking Member, issued the following statement upon his election...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the Washington, D.C. Admission Act (H.R. 51) to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, her first bill of the 116th Congress. She introduced the bill with 151 original cosponsors, a new record, up from the previous record...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today introduced a bill requiring sitting presidents and presidential nominees to release their tax returns to the public. Wyden first introduced this legislation in May 2016 after then-presidential candidate Trump broke his promise...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 3, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement after the passing of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Kevin McIntyre. McIntyre served as chairman of FERC beginning in December 2017, before stepping down to become a commissioner in October 2018.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 3, 2019
News Release: SHARONVILLE, OH - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited United Parcel Service (UPS) for repeatedly putting workers at risk by obstructing exit routes at its Sharonville, Ohio, distribution center. The company faces $208,603 in proposed penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 3, 2019
News Release: MANCHESTER, NH – A Manchester, New Hampshire, enterprise involving a catering business and several cafes – all owned and operated by Keri Laman and Tidewater Hospitality Resources LLC – has paid $86,959 in back wages and liquidated damages for 70 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 3, 2019
News Release: SHARONVILLE, OH - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited United Parcel Service (UPS) for repeatedly putting workers at risk by obstructing exit routes at its Sharonville, Ohio, distribution center. The company faces $208,603 in proposed penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 3, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS, MT – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Montana Contractors Association (MCA) have signed an alliance to foster safer workplaces. The two-year alliance will focus on effective training and education programs to recognize and prevent workplace ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 3, 2019
News Release: SEATTLE, WA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Oralia Magallanes and Juan Calderon – operators of three Mexican restaurants in North Central Washington – will pay $96,995 to 32 employees for overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Jan 3, 2019
News Release: DENVER, CO – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited ContractOne Inc. – based in Avon, Colorado – for safety violations following a fatal trench cave-in.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 3, 2019
News Release: LANSDALE, PA – Following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has entered a consent judgment requiring Fox Bindery Inc. – based in Lansdale, Pennsylvania – and owner Henry J. Fox to pay $274,183 ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the resignation of Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) Matthew Miller, effective Jan. 3, 2019.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 3, 2019
News Release: WEST COVINA, CA – Fourteen restaurants in the greater Los Angeles area – operating under five different entities – will pay 100 employees a total of $126,142 after U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigations found violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Jan 3, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, TN – The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville Division, has ordered Hetal Patel Inc., Pankaj and Hetal Patel, and Madhusudhan Naik - operators of the Woodlands Indian Vegetarian Cuisine restaurant - to pay $220,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 31 employees ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 3, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, TN – The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville Division, has ordered Hetal Patel Inc., Pankaj and Hetal Patel, and Madhusudhan Naik - operators of the Woodlands Indian Vegetarian Cuisine restaurant - to pay $220,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 31 employees ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 3, 2019
News Release: WEST COVINA, CA – Fourteen restaurants in the greater Los Angeles area – operating under five different entities – will pay 100 employees a total of $126,142 after U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigations found violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Jan 3, 2019
News Release: LANSDALE, PA – Following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has entered a consent judgment requiring Fox Bindery Inc. – based in Lansdale, Pennsylvania – and owner Henry J. Fox to pay $274,183 ...
