News from December 2020

By Labor Gazette | Dec 30, 2020
News Release: DENVER, CO – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Consulate General of Mexico in Denver, Colorado, have renewed a two-year alliance to provide Mexican nationals with safety training and resources to educate them on their rights and employers’ responsibilities under the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration has issued guidance that provides overarching implementation information about unemployment insurance (UI) provisions contained in the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020, which is part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that it is jointly issuing, with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a notice of proposed rulemaking and identical direct final rule on a proposal to extend the Department’s recently established system of discretionary secretarial review to H-2B temporary labor certification cases pending before or decided by the Department’s Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA).

By Labor Gazette | Dec 30, 2020
News Release: DENVER, CO – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Consulate General of Mexico in Denver, Colorado, have renewed a two-year alliance to provide Mexican nationals with safety training and resources to educate them on their rights and employers’ responsibilities under the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 30, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES, CA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), a Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant in Commerce, California, has paid $27,150 in civil money penalties for violating child labor requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

By Labor Gazette | Dec 30, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, OH – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Chelsea Health Care LLC –has paid $81,399 in back wages to 45 employees for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) overtime requirements at its Columbus, Ohio, nursing home facility.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that it is jointly issuing, with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a notice of proposed rulemaking and identical direct final rule on a proposal to extend the Department’s recently established system of discretionary secretarial review to H-2B temporary labor certification cases pending before or decided by the Department’s Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA).

By Labor Gazette | Dec 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration has issued guidance that provides overarching implementation information about unemployment insurance (UI) provisions contained in the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020, which is part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 30, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES, CA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), a Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant in Commerce, California, has paid $27,150 in civil money penalties for violating child labor requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

By Labor Gazette | Dec 30, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, OH – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Chelsea Health Care LLC –has paid $81,399 in back wages to 45 employees for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) overtime requirements at its Columbus, Ohio, nursing home facility.
By State News Post | Dec 30, 2020
The US State Department published a one page notice on Dec. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 30, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Dec 30, 2020
The US State Department published a one page notice on Dec. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 30, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on Dec. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 30, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 30, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Dec. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 30, 2020
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Dec. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 30, 2020
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Dec. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 30, 2020
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Dec. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 30, 2020
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Dec. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.