News from February 2022
By Press release submission | Feb 11, 2022
The National Park Service (NPS) and the City of New York have announced an agreement between the City and the NPS to facilitate a path forward for a critical coastal resiliency project on Staten Island and to clean up contaminated sites in Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island.
By Press release submission | Feb 11, 2022
The National Transportation Safety Board determined during a public meeting Tuesday that a motorcoach driver’s loss of control due to the vehicle’s unsafe speed led to the fatal Jan. 5, 2020, multivehicle crash near Mt. Pleasant Township, Pennsylvania.
By Press release submission | Feb 11, 2022
A captain’s decision to get under way while fatigued led to the grounding and sinking of a fishing vessel near Whittier, Alaska, the National Transportation Safety Board said in Marine Investigation Report 22/02 released Tuesday.On July 24, 2021, the fishing vessel Tenacious, which fished primarily for pink salmon, grounded at the entrance to Wells Passage while transiting to fishing grounds in Prince William Sound.
By Press release submission | Feb 11, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Mexican-licensed commercial driver (Licencia Federal de Conductor (“LF”)) J. Rafael Arizaga-Tapia a/k/a Nibardo Andrade-Mendoza to be an “imminent hazard” to public safety and ordered him to immediately cease operating any commercial motor vehicle (“CMV”) in interstate commerce in the United States. Arizaga-Tapia was served the Federal order on February 4, 2022.
By Press release submission | Feb 11, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) launched its Training Provider Registry as the final step in implementing new entry-level driver training standards for individuals seeking to obtain a commercial driver’s license (CDL) or certain endorsements.
By Press release submission | Feb 11, 2022
The U.S. Departments of Transportation and Energy today announced nearly $5 billion that will be made available under the new National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program established by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, to build out a national electric vehicle charging network, an important step towards making electric vehicle (EV) charging accessible to all Americans.
By Press release submission | Feb 11, 2022
Kia Motors America and Hyundai Motor America recommend that owners of select model year 2014-2016 Kia Sportage, 2016-2018 Kia K900 and 2016-2018 Hyundai Santa Fe vehicles park their vehicle outdoors and away from other vehicles or structures due to a risk of fire, even if the vehicle is turned off.Kia and Hyundai have identified an increasing risk of an engine compartment fire.
By Press release submission | Feb 11, 2022
Makahi Daevon Bryant, 20, of Brooklyn, New York was sentenced yesterday to three years of probation for his role in an unemployment insurance fraud scheme, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman; Matthew Scarpino, Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Buffalo Field Office; and Jonathan Mellone, Special Agent in Charge, New York Region, United States Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General (USDOL-OIG).
By Press release submission | Feb 11, 2022
A San Fernando Valley woman pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for conspiring to defraud health insurance companies by causing millions of dollars in fraudulent claims to be submitted to provide patients with “free” cosmetic procedures, including Botox injections.
By Press release submission | Feb 11, 2022
In an effort to provide safe, well-maintained off-highway vehicle trails with services all recreationists can enjoy, the Bureau of Land Management welcomes public input on grant applications to the California State Parks Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division.
By Press release submission | Feb 11, 2022
Those questioning the need for equity among Black women in the workforce should look no further than a 2020 Bureau of Labor Statistics’ survey that found they earn just 63 cents for every dollar white men earn, and that they experienced a nearly 5 percent rate of job loss during the pandemic.
By Press release submission | Feb 11, 2022
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Challis Field Office and BLM Law Enforcement previously offered a $2,000 reward for information regarding the person(s) responsible for the shooting deaths of two wild horses in the Spar Canyon area near Challis, Idaho on or about Nov. 14, 2021.
By Press release submission | Feb 11, 2022
About one-third of adults with moderate disabilities participate in the workforce.
By Press release submission | Feb 11, 2022
By misclassifying 60 employees as independent contractors, a Detroit-area employer denied them their full wages and benefits and important protections under federal law – a situation now remedied by a U.S.
By Press release submission | Feb 11, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking 287 former or current officers of the Puerto Rico Police Department, who worked for the department between June 13, 2010, and Aug. 31, 2014, and are owed back wages as part of a 2016 federal court order.
By Press release submission | Feb 11, 2022
A Flagler Beach bar and grill’s decision to keep portions of employees’ credit card tips to cover cash drawer shortages and customer walkouts voided their ability to receive a tip credit and pay each affected worker less than the full federal minimum wage.
By Press release submission | Feb 11, 2022
Operators of four well-known fast food restaurant locations illegally employed workers under the age of 18 at hours and in occupations that jeopardized their safety, a series of investigations by the U.S.
By Press release submission | Feb 11, 2022
Federal investigators found that the owners of three northern California restaurants willfully denied a cook and five other workers overtime wages for hours over 40 in a workweek.
By Press release submission | Feb 11, 2022
The increased demand and the constraints on the global supply chain have combined to place enormous strain on the nation’s warehouse and logistics industries, and has prompted the U.S. Department of Labor to take heightened action to ensure that warehouse and logistics workers’ wages and workplace rights are protected.
By Press release submission | Feb 11, 2022
A federal court in New Jersey ordered an electrical and heating, ventilation and air conditioning company based in Union, and its two co-managers, to pay 89 electricians, electrician helpers and HVAC technicians after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found the defendants deliberately denied overtime.
