News from October 2021
By Commerce News Now | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: Today, Secretary Gina Raimondo met with Mr. Khaldoon Al Mubarak, the Chief Executive Officer of the Mubadala Investment Company (an Emirati state-owned holding company), to congratulate him on GlobalFoundries’ announcement to expand their semiconductor fabrication plant in Malta, New York. The Secretary ...
By Commerce News Now | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Singapore Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong signed a Memorandum of Understanding implementing the U.S.-Singapore Partnership for Growth and Innovation (the Partnership), which aims to strengthen U.S.-Singapore trade and investment collaboration. ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: CLIFTON, NJ – Employers have a responsibility to compensate employees as required by law for travel from one job site to another. This was not the case for 93 workers underpaid by a northern New Jersey electrical contractor for work-related travel time, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found. ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: CLIFTON, NJ – Employers have a responsibility to compensate employees as required by law for travel from one job site to another. This was not the case for 93 workers underpaid by a northern New Jersey electrical contractor for work-related travel time, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found. ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: CONWAY, SC – A recent U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation serves as a useful reminder for companies that employ teenage students that putting work before school will receive more than a failing grade, it will likely come with violations and costly penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, OH – An explosion and fire that killed a press operator lead and hospitalized eight other employees of Yenkin-Majestic Paint Corp. could have been prevented had the employer not altered a kettle reactor vessel improperly and then returned the vessel to service after it failed following the alterations, a federal workplace safety inspection has found.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: DENVER – A federal workplace health investigation found that an auto insurance company ignored coronavirus safety requirements and allowed others displaying symptoms to work at the same Denver location where an employee died with COVID-19.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: HERNDON, VA – A federal contractor in Herndon that provides professional, technology and management services has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor to resolve allegations that the company paid female information technology professionals less than the company paid their male counterparts.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: DENVER – A federal workplace health investigation found that an auto insurance company ignored coronavirus safety requirements and allowed others displaying symptoms to work at the same Denver location where an employee died with COVID-19.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, OH – An explosion and fire that killed a press operator lead and hospitalized eight other employees of Yenkin-Majestic Paint Corp. could have been prevented had the employer not altered a kettle reactor vessel improperly and then returned the vessel to service after it failed following the alterations, a federal workplace safety inspection has found.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: HERNDON, VA – A federal contractor in Herndon that provides professional, technology and management services has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor to resolve allegations that the company paid female information technology professionals less than the company paid their male counterparts.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: CONWAY, SC – A recent U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation serves as a useful reminder for companies that employ teenage students that putting work before school will receive more than a failing grade, it will likely come with violations and costly penalties.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 7, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 7, 2021
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 7, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 7, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Oct. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 7, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 7, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 7, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Oct. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 7, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
