News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: Patient Services Inc. (PSI), a foundation based in Midlothian, Virginia, has agreed to pay $3 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by acting as a conduit to enable certain pharmaceutical companies to provide kickbacks to Medicare patients taking the companies’ drugs by ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: Propex Derivatives Pty Ltd (Propex), a Sydney, Australia-based proprietary trading firm, has entered into a resolution with the Department of Justice to resolve criminal charges related to a spoofing scheme involving thousands of instances of unlawful trading activity in U.S. commodities markets by a ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: COLUMBIA, SC – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Dab City Tobacco and Vape LLC, headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina, will pay $46,748 in back wages and liquidated damages to 31 employees for violating the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The department also assessed the employer a $21,235 civil money penalty for the willful nature of the violations.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: WESTBURY, NY – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has entered a consent judgment requiring three Long Island, New York-area restaurants and their owners to pay a total of $365,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 79 current and former employees. The court action follows ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) with a yearlong celebration of past achievements, current efforts and future initiatives to protect the American workforce.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced incremental funding of $4,000,000 for a Disaster Recovery National Dislocated Worker Grant to the North Carolina Department of Commerce in response to Hurricane Florence in September 2018.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: WESTBURY, NY – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has entered a consent judgment requiring three Long Island, New York-area restaurants and their owners to pay a total of $365,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 79 current and former employees. The court action follows ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: COLUMBIA, SC – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Dab City Tobacco and Vape LLC, headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina, will pay $46,748 in back wages and liquidated damages to 31 employees for violating the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The department also assessed the employer a $21,235 civil money penalty for the willful nature of the violations.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) with a yearlong celebration of past achievements, current efforts and future initiatives to protect the American workforce.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced incremental funding of $4,000,000 for a Disaster Recovery National Dislocated Worker Grant to the North Carolina Department of Commerce in response to Hurricane Florence in September 2018.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a five page proposed rule on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
