News from February 2022
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
Employers’ names: Schuetz Enterprises Inc., operating as Regency Home Care Georgia1750 Old Spring House LaneAtlanta, GA 30338Edlyn Healthcare Services Inc.1755 N.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
Twenty-three employees of three Kentucky gas stations and convenience stores are now being paid for all the wages they earned after a U.S.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $125,000 in back wages for 34 workers after an investigation found a subcontractor paid workers the incorrect prevailing wage rate.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
A recent investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found Dos Amigos Burritos LLC, a Concord restaurant operator, improperly included managers in its tip pool.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor announced today a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking by the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to improve worker safety and health by ensuring the agency’s general industry and construction industry rules reflect current industry practice and state-of-the-art technology.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit against a Florida security contractor that terminated a worker after they raised concerns in a work group chat on a secure messaging app about safe firearm storage and coronavirus-related workplace hazards, including a lack of physical distancing and other potential exposure risks.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Timothy Foley, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division, and Keechant L.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
Pharmacist Indicted for Tampering with a Controlled Substance
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced that a federal jury has found Damian Sierra (43, Port St. Lucie) guilty of possessing 500 grams or more of cocaine with the intent to distribute it.
By Trina Thomas | Feb 19, 2022
The Department of Labor on Jan. 31 announced that state grants of $15 million will be available to focus on improving state unemployment systems.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
Tralvaster Epps (34, Ocala) was sentenced to 10 years and 2 months in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine, and marijuana and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. Epps had pleaded guilty on November 18, 2021.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
A Portland man was sentenced to federal prison today for possessing with intent to distribute large quantities of cocaine from his Pearl District apartment.Antonio Bernal Osorio, Jr., 40, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison.According to court documents, in September 2020, U.S.
By Trina Thomas | Feb 19, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor on Jan. 31 announced through a press release that they have opened up the application process for the 2022 Hire Vets Medallion Award.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
A Port Arthur man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By Karen Kidd | Feb 19, 2022
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's recently announced record-breaking $1.5 billion in annual funding for state and local outdoor recreation is a boon for outdoorsy types, an Interior Department official said in a news release.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2022
John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea of the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that David Stone III, 29, St. Paul, Minnesota, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 10 years in federal prison for his leadership role in a fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine conspiracy.
