News from November 2020
By Labor Gazette | Nov 7, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued guidance and an accompanying one-pager to help employers understand which standards are most frequently cited during coronavirus-related inspections. OSHA based these documents on data from ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice announced that a federal grand jury in Portland returned a five count indictment against Portland resident Hawazen Sameer Mothafar, 31, charging two counts of conspiracy to provide material support to a designated terrorist organization and one count of providing and attempting ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: A former contractor with the U.S. Department of Justice pleaded guilty today for unlawfully using her government computer to access government records and providing sensitive, non-public information to another individual, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that the Town of Irmo, South Carolina, has agreed to pay $25,000 to a homeowner with a disability as part of a settlement agreement resolving the government’s Fair Housing Act (FHA) lawsuit. The department’s complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: Geraldine Hill and Clayton Hill, a California couple who operated a charity that purported to provide goods to the needy, were sentenced to prison for conspiracy to commit mail fraud and tax evasion. Geraldine Hill was sentenced to 15 months in in prison, and Clayton Hill was sentenced to 9 months in ...
By Fed Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday published the latest version of its supervision and regulation report, which summarizes banking conditions and information about the Federal Reserve's bank regulatory and supervisory activities.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON, TX – The Childhood Center – a childcare provider based in Houston, Texas – has paid $864 in back wages after wrongly denying leave to a worker with coronavirus symptoms who was ordered to self-quarantine for two weeks by a medical professional. The employer also wrongly terminated the employee.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: EDGEWOOD, KY – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Sinkula Investments Ltd. Co. – operator of 10 northern Kentucky Wendy’s franchise locations – has paid a civil money penalty of $16,160 for violating child labor requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic through Oct. 29, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued citations arising from 179 inspections for violations relating to coronavirus, resulting in proposed penalties totaling $2,496,768. ...
By Labor Gazette | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia issued the following statement on the October 2020 Employment Situation Report: “The strong economic rebound continues, with approximately 900,000 private sector jobs gained back in September and again in October, and the October unemployment rate ...
By Labor Gazette | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia issued the following statement on the October 2020 Employment Situation Report: “The strong economic rebound continues, with approximately 900,000 private sector jobs gained back in September and again in October, and the October unemployment rate ...
By Labor Gazette | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: EDGEWOOD, KY – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Sinkula Investments Ltd. Co. – operator of 10 northern Kentucky Wendy’s franchise locations – has paid a civil money penalty of $16,160 for violating child labor requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic through Oct. 29, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued citations arising from 179 inspections for violations relating to coronavirus, resulting in proposed penalties totaling $2,496,768. ...
By Labor Gazette | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON, TX – The Childhood Center – a childcare provider based in Houston, Texas – has paid $864 in back wages after wrongly denying leave to a worker with coronavirus symptoms who was ordered to self-quarantine for two weeks by a medical professional. The employer also wrongly terminated the employee.
By DOJ Gazette | Nov 6, 2020
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Nov 6, 2020
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Nov 6, 2020
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Nov 6, 2020
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Nov 6, 2020
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
