News from October 2020

By Labor Gazette | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: LUBBOCK, TX – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), M & US Concrete Inc. – based in Lubbock, Texas – has paid $43,216 in back wages to nine employees for violating the prevailing wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA) and the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (CWHSSA).

By Labor Gazette | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: LUBBOCK, TX – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Armstrong Mechanical Inc. – based in Lubbock, Texas – has paid $115,113 in back wages to 20 employees for violating the prevailing wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA) and the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (CWHSSA).

By Labor Gazette | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: TULLOS, LA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), LaSalle Corrections – based in Ruston, Louisiana – has paid $125,516 in unpaid fringe benefits to 122 employees to resolve violations of the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA).

By Labor Gazette | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, VA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has entered into an early resolution conciliation agreement with Newport News Shipbuilding – a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries – to resolve allegations of systematic hiring discrimination ...

By Labor Gazette | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employment and Training Administration John Pallasch issued the following statement regarding Weekly Unemployment Claims: “As Americans continue to return to work, today’s report showed a huge decrease of one million individuals coming off of unemployment ...

By Labor Gazette | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, KY – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky has sentenced Candi Fluhr, a former controller in Bullitt County, Kentucky, to 94 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release, and ordered her to pay $838,804 in restitution.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employment and Training Administration John Pallasch issued the following statement regarding Weekly Unemployment Claims: “As Americans continue to return to work, today’s report showed a huge decrease of one million individuals coming off of unemployment ...

By Labor Gazette | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: TULLOS, LA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), LaSalle Corrections – based in Ruston, Louisiana – has paid $125,516 in unpaid fringe benefits to 122 employees to resolve violations of the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA).

By Labor Gazette | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: LUBBOCK, TX – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Armstrong Mechanical Inc. – based in Lubbock, Texas – has paid $115,113 in back wages to 20 employees for violating the prevailing wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA) and the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (CWHSSA).

By Labor Gazette | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, KY – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky has sentenced Candi Fluhr, a former controller in Bullitt County, Kentucky, to 94 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release, and ordered her to pay $838,804 in restitution.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: LUBBOCK, TX – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), M & US Concrete Inc. – based in Lubbock, Texas – has paid $43,216 in back wages to nine employees for violating the prevailing wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA) and the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (CWHSSA).

By Labor Gazette | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, VA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has entered into an early resolution conciliation agreement with Newport News Shipbuilding – a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries – to resolve allegations of systematic hiring discrimination ...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
The US Interior Department published a six page rule on Oct. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 22, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Oct. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 22, 2020
The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on Oct. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 22, 2020
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Oct 22, 2020
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Oct. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 22, 2020
The US Energy Department published a two page proposed rule on Oct. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 22, 2020
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Oct. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Oct 22, 2020
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Oct. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.