News from March 2021
By Labor Gazette | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: BALTIMORE, MD – As many restaurant servers’ base wage is well below $7.25 per hour, they depend on customers’ appreciation of their service to make ends meet. When an employer keeps a portion of the tips they earned or fails to pay them for all the hours they worked, paying their own bills becomes a very tall order.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: NORTH CHARLESTON, SC – While a North Charleston catering facility relied on the hard work of its hourly workers to make their guests’ weddings and special events memorable, a recent U.S. Department of Labor investigation found 18 workers had less to celebrate when their employer failed to pay them $22,970 in overtime they had earned.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles World Airports – owner and operator of Los Angeles International and Van Nuys airports – has made sweeping changes to its employee medical leave request system to address failures that led to long delays, invalid disciplinary personnel actions and violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act found in a U.S. Department of Labor investigation.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY – Two truck drivers for an Oklahoma City roofing and building products company reported to a manager that the tires on a company truck were unsafe. Concerned about their own safety and that of others on the road, the two drivers refused to operate vehicles with unsafe tires. They were terminated in August 2020.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced today that it has scheduled the eighth annual National Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction for May 3-7, 2021. OSHA encourages construction employers and other stakeholders to join the event to promote awareness and training to address one of the industry’s most serious dangers.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced today that it has scheduled the eighth annual National Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction for May 3-7, 2021. OSHA encourages construction employers and other stakeholders to join the event to promote awareness and training to address one of the industry’s most serious dangers.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles World Airports – owner and operator of Los Angeles International and Van Nuys airports – has made sweeping changes to its employee medical leave request system to address failures that led to long delays, invalid disciplinary personnel actions and violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act found in a U.S. Department of Labor investigation.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: NORTH CHARLESTON, SC – While a North Charleston catering facility relied on the hard work of its hourly workers to make their guests’ weddings and special events memorable, a recent U.S. Department of Labor investigation found 18 workers had less to celebrate when their employer failed to pay them $22,970 in overtime they had earned.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: BALTIMORE, MD – As many restaurant servers’ base wage is well below $7.25 per hour, they depend on customers’ appreciation of their service to make ends meet. When an employer keeps a portion of the tips they earned or fails to pay them for all the hours they worked, paying their own bills becomes a very tall order.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY – Two truck drivers for an Oklahoma City roofing and building products company reported to a manager that the tires on a company truck were unsafe. Concerned about their own safety and that of others on the road, the two drivers refused to operate vehicles with unsafe tires. They were terminated in August 2020.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 1, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 1, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 1, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Mar 1, 2021
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 1, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Mar 1, 2021
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Mar 1, 2021
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Mar 1, 2021
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Mar 1, 2021
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
