News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: A Philadelphia, Pa, tax return preparer was sentenced to 60 months in prison today for conspiring to defraud the United States, preparing false client tax returns, wire fraud, and identity theft, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: A federal court permanently enjoined Siza Mhlanga, d/b/a Tax Refund Express, Camp Bowie Tax, Camp Bowie Tax Services, Tax Refund Company, and United Tax Refunds, of Fort Worth, Texas, from owning or operating a tax return preparation business and preparing tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. Mhlanga consented to the relief.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board in December will co-host a research conference on bank supervision. The conference will bring together academics, supervisors, bankers, and other stakeholders to discuss the theory and practice of bank supervision.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: HARRISONVILLE, NJ – A judge in the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ) has ordered a Harrisonville, New Jersey, tomato farm to pay $49,423 in back wages to 62 farmworkers, the majority of which the employer recruited from Mexico as temporary foreign workers on H-2A visas. The judge also ordered the employer to pay $7,634 in civil money penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: WEST PALM BEACH, FL – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Hurricane Wings Management LLC – a restaurant chain based in West Palm Beach, Florida – has paid $115,966 in back wages to 160 employees for minimum wage and overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) at two locations.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON DC – With telework arrangements expanding in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) today issued Field Assistance Bulletin 2020-5 to clarify an employer’s obligation to track the number of hours of compensable work performed by employees who are teleworking or otherwise working away from premises controlled by their employers.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: DALLAS, TX – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has entered into a conciliation agreement with Wells Fargo Bank N.A. in which the bank has agreed to pay $7,800,000 in back wages and interest to resolve allegations of hiring discrimination.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced additional funding of $7,334,788 for a Disaster Recovery National Dislocated Worker Grant awarded to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity in response to Hurricane Michael.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON DC – With telework arrangements expanding in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) today issued Field Assistance Bulletin 2020-5 to clarify an employer’s obligation to track the number of hours of compensable work performed by employees who are teleworking or otherwise working away from premises controlled by their employers.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced additional funding of $7,334,788 for a Disaster Recovery National Dislocated Worker Grant awarded to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity in response to Hurricane Michael.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: WEST PALM BEACH, FL – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Hurricane Wings Management LLC – a restaurant chain based in West Palm Beach, Florida – has paid $115,966 in back wages to 160 employees for minimum wage and overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) at two locations.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: HARRISONVILLE, NJ – A judge in the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ) has ordered a Harrisonville, New Jersey, tomato farm to pay $49,423 in back wages to 62 farmworkers, the majority of which the employer recruited from Mexico as temporary foreign workers on H-2A visas. The judge also ordered the employer to pay $7,634 in civil money penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: DALLAS, TX – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has entered into a conciliation agreement with Wells Fargo Bank N.A. in which the bank has agreed to pay $7,800,000 in back wages and interest to resolve allegations of hiring discrimination.
By State News Post | Aug 24, 2020
The US State Department published a two page notice on Aug. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 24, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Aug. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Aug. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 24, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Aug. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 24, 2020
The US Commerce Department published a one page proposed rule on Aug. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 24, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Aug. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
