News from May 2019

By Labor Gazette | May 2, 2019
News Release: BRAINTREE, MA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Consigli Construction are partnering to promote the 2019 National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction. The Stand-Down event will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, May 6, 2019, at Blue Hills Regional High School construction renovation and upgrade project, 800 Randolph Street, in Canton, Massachusetts.

By Labor Gazette | May 2, 2019
News Release: CINCINNATI, OH – The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered Casey Bortles – a roofing contractor based in Holland, Ohio – to immediately comply with the final orders resulting from uncontested citations. The court also ordered Bortles to provide proof within 10 days that he has abated cited safety hazards on his job sites, and pay $341,972 in unpaid penalties proposed by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

By Labor Gazette | May 2, 2019
News Release: BRAINTREE, MA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Massachusetts Division of Occupational Safety (DOS), YouthBuild Boston, Madison Park Technical Vocational High School, and New England Carpenters Training Fund are partnering to promote the 2019 National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction. The Stand-Down event will be held at the site of an affordable housing construction project in Hyde Park, Massachusetts.

By Labor Gazette | May 2, 2019
News Release: FREMONT, OH – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Cincinnati office of the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), the Department of Labor has obtained a consent order and judgment requiring the fiduciaries of Fremont, Ohio-based Techniform Industries Inc. 401(k) Plan to ...

By Labor Gazette | May 2, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, OR – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), West Coast Reforestation Inc. – based in Salem, Oregon – will pay $73,383 to 26 employees for violating overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The employer will also pay $7,239 in civil penalties for violations of the FLSA’s child labor requirements.

By Labor Gazette | May 2, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, OR – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), West Coast Reforestation Inc. – based in Salem, Oregon – will pay $73,383 to 26 employees for violating overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The employer will also pay $7,239 in civil penalties for violations of the FLSA’s child labor requirements.

By Labor Gazette | May 2, 2019
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA – After investigations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), the owners and operators of a family of 11 restaurants with common ownership in Louisiana have paid $230,877 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages to 141 employees for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) minimum wage, overtime, and recordkeeping requirements.

By Labor Gazette | May 2, 2019
News Release: CINCINNATI, OH – The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered Casey Bortles – a roofing contractor based in Holland, Ohio – to immediately comply with the final orders resulting from uncontested citations. The court also ordered Bortles to provide proof within 10 days that he has abated cited safety hazards on his job sites, and pay $341,972 in unpaid penalties proposed by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

By Labor Gazette | May 2, 2019
News Release: BRAINTREE, MA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Massachusetts Division of Occupational Safety (DOS), YouthBuild Boston, Madison Park Technical Vocational High School, and New England Carpenters Training Fund are partnering to promote the 2019 National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction. The Stand-Down event will be held at the site of an affordable housing construction project in Hyde Park, Massachusetts.

By Labor Gazette | May 2, 2019
News Release: BRAINTREE, MA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Consigli Construction are partnering to promote the 2019 National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction. The Stand-Down event will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, May 6, 2019, at Blue Hills Regional High School construction renovation and upgrade project, 800 Randolph Street, in Canton, Massachusetts.

By Labor Gazette | May 2, 2019
News Release: FREMONT, OH – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Cincinnati office of the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), the Department of Labor has obtained a consent order and judgment requiring the fiduciaries of Fremont, Ohio-based Techniform Industries Inc. 401(k) Plan to ...
By DOE Gazette | May 2, 2019
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 2, 2019
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | May 2, 2019
The US Federal Reserve System published a three page notice on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 2, 2019
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 2, 2019
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 2, 2019
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 2, 2019
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 2, 2019
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 2, 2019
The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.