News from June 2021
By Labor Gazette | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: EATONTOWN, NJ – An Eatontown manufacturer failed to protect employees adequately from workplace exposure to coronavirus, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration determined, after an investigation into the deaths of two workers and the hospitalization of two others who contracted the coronavirus in the fall of 2020.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced it will issue an emergency temporary standard to protect healthcare workers from contracting coronavirus. The standard focuses on healthcare workers most likely to have contact with someone infected with the virus. OSHA announced the new standard alongside new general industry guidance, both of which are aligned with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor has announced the award of $89 million in grants in 31 states and Puerto Rico to help youth ages 16-24 who are neither enrolled in school nor participating in the labor market to obtain employment in construction and other in-demand industries.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of nearly $20 million in grants to four national out-of-school time organizations to expand local work readiness programs and support workforce development activities among these organizations’ local affiliates. Out-of-School Time organizations operate supervised programs for youth when school is not in session.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh announced the joint winners of the 2021 Iqbal Masih Award for the Elimination of Child Labor during a virtual ceremony.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division enforces the labor provisions of the federal H-2A temporary agricultural workers program to prevent employers from exploiting temporary, nonimmigrant workers hired for seasonal agricultural work and from gaining an unfair competitive advantage over law-abiding employers.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced it will issue an emergency temporary standard to protect healthcare workers from contracting coronavirus. The standard focuses on healthcare workers most likely to have contact with someone infected with the virus. OSHA announced the new standard alongside new general industry guidance, both of which are aligned with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: EATONTOWN, NJ – An Eatontown manufacturer failed to protect employees adequately from workplace exposure to coronavirus, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration determined, after an investigation into the deaths of two workers and the hospitalization of two others who contracted the coronavirus in the fall of 2020.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh announced the joint winners of the 2021 Iqbal Masih Award for the Elimination of Child Labor during a virtual ceremony.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of nearly $20 million in grants to four national out-of-school time organizations to expand local work readiness programs and support workforce development activities among these organizations’ local affiliates. Out-of-School Time organizations operate supervised programs for youth when school is not in session.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor has announced the award of $89 million in grants in 31 states and Puerto Rico to help youth ages 16-24 who are neither enrolled in school nor participating in the labor market to obtain employment in construction and other in-demand industries.
By State News Post | Jun 10, 2021
The US State Department published a two page rule on June 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 10, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on June 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 10, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 10, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a six page rule on June 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jun 10, 2021
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on June 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jun 10, 2021
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on June 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jun 10, 2021
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on June 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jun 10, 2021
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on June 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
