News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: Airbus U.S. Space & Defense Inc., formerly known as Airbus Defense and Space Inc. (ADSI), has agreed to pay to the United States $1,043,475 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by billing impermissible fees in contracts with a number of federal agencies. “Government contractors ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: Citing an increase in harassment, intimidation and threats of violence against school board members, teachers and workers in our nation’s public schools, today Attorney General Merrick B. Garland directed the FBI and U.S. Attorneys’ Offices to meet in the next 30 days with federal, state, Tribal, territorial ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: Jeffersonville, Indiana-based American Commercial Barge Line LLC (American Commercial) has agreed to acquire and preserve 649 acres of woodland wildlife habitat near New Orleans, Louisiana, and pay over $2 million in damages, in addition to $1.32 million previously paid for damage assessment and restoration ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland today issued the following statement: “This past week has been a reminder for all of us at the Department of Justice of the risks our deputies, agents and local law enforcement partners confront each day.
By State Newswire | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met today in Tashkent with Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to discuss further strengthening the bilateral relationship, as well as the way forward in Afghanistan. The Deputy Secretary thanked President ...
By State Newswire | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: I congratulate Kishida Fumio on his election by the Diet as the next Prime Minister of Japan. I had the opportunity to work with Kishida-san when he was Japan’s Foreign Minister and I was the Deputy Secretary of State. I am grateful for the prime minister’s friendship and his commitment to advancing the shared priorities of our two countries.
By State Newswire | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to discuss the centrality of the Transatlantic bond and Alliance unity as NATO addresses existing and emerging global challenges. They agreed the new NATO ...
By State Newswire | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: The United States condemns the October 3 Houthi missile attack on the densely populated neighborhood of al-Rawdha in Marib, Yemen, which killed two children and injured an estimated 33 civilians, including women and children, according to UN agencies. Civilians will suffer as long as the brutal Houthi ...
By Commerce News Now | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: This week, in response to concerns from U.S. manufacturers dependent on the semiconductor industry and in support of President Biden’s ongoing commitment to address semiconductor supply chain challenges, the Department of Commerce established the Microelectronics Early Alert System, which will be administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: DALLAS – The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into a conciliation agreement with Regus Management Group LLC, a leading global workspace provider, to resolve allegations of systemic race- and gender-based hiring discrimination at its facilities nationwide.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: AstraZeneca agrees to pay $560K to resolve alleged race, gender-based pay discrimination at Wilmington, Delaware facility WILMINGTON, DE – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has entered into a conciliation agreement with AstraZeneca to resolve alleged race and gender-based pay discrimination affecting 318 female and Hispanic employees at its North American commercial headquarters in Wilmington.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor and IBM US Public Service GBS have entered into a conciliation agreement to resolve allegations of gender-based pay discrimination within the federal contractor’s Functional Affirmative Action Program (FAAP) unit.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: SAIPAN – A Saipan dry food, spice and canned food wholesaler paid four workers a fixed, “off-the-books” cash salary that dropped their regular hourly wage below the required federal $7.25 minimum wage rate, and denied them overtime when they worked more than 40 hours in a workweek, a federal investigation has found.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today an availability of up to $5 million in grant funding to support core standards to combat labor abuses by employers in Mexico’s tomato and chile pepper sectors’ supply chains. Mexico is the world’s largest exporter of tomatoes and chile peppers.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: SAIPAN – A Saipan dry food, spice and canned food wholesaler paid four workers a fixed, “off-the-books” cash salary that dropped their regular hourly wage below the required federal $7.25 minimum wage rate, and denied them overtime when they worked more than 40 hours in a workweek, a federal investigation has found.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor and IBM US Public Service GBS have entered into a conciliation agreement to resolve allegations of gender-based pay discrimination within the federal contractor’s Functional Affirmative Action Program (FAAP) unit.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: AstraZeneca agrees to pay $560K to resolve alleged race, gender-based pay discrimination at Wilmington, Delaware facility WILMINGTON, DE – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has entered into a conciliation agreement with AstraZeneca to resolve alleged race and gender-based pay discrimination affecting 318 female and Hispanic employees at its North American commercial headquarters in Wilmington.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: DALLAS – The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into a conciliation agreement with Regus Management Group LLC, a leading global workspace provider, to resolve allegations of systemic race- and gender-based hiring discrimination at its facilities nationwide.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today an availability of up to $5 million in grant funding to support core standards to combat labor abuses by employers in Mexico’s tomato and chile pepper sectors’ supply chains. Mexico is the world’s largest exporter of tomatoes and chile peppers.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 4, 2021
There were 40 notices published by the Transportation Department in week ending Oct. 3, according to the Federal Register.
