News from January 2022
By EPA Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the energy impacts of cryptocurrencies on Thursday, Jan. 20, at 10:30 a.m. (EST) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Cleaning Up Cryptocurrency: The Energy Impacts of Blockchains."
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - In advance of the Biden-Harris administration’s Summit for Democracy this week, U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh today announced the Multilateral Partnership for Organizing, Worker Empowerment and Rights initiative - the largest commitment by the U.S. government to advance worker empowerment and support trade union rights in the global economy.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal whistleblower investigation led the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to order a Houston mobile crane rental company to pay a former employee nearly $24,000 in back wages, interest and damages after firing the worker in June 2020 for refusing to drive in excess of federal limits and reported fatigue.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON — Today, Operation Allies Welcome (OAW) resettled the last group of Afghan nationals from Fort Lee, Virginia, the first of eight Department of Defense (DOD) installations established to temporarily house vulnerable Afghans, including those who are Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applicants. To ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a three page rule on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: HONOLULU - A federal court has affirmed the findings of a U.S. Department of Labor investigation that determined the owner of three Hawaii restaurants denied workers overtime and minimum wages, and discarded time records in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, AL - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh stood with workers and local officials in Birmingham, Alabama, today to announce the department’s final rule that implements Executive Order 14026 to increase the hourly minimum wage for employees on federal contracts to $15 per hour beginning Jan. 30, 2022. President Biden signed the order on April 27, 2021.
By Press release submission | Jan 12, 2022
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented a Connecticut man from carrying a .38 caliber handgun onto his flight at LaGuardia Airport this morning (Jan. 10). The gun was not loaded.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: SANTA FE, NM - In the nation’s third largest market for fine art, industry employers must meet exacting standards to safeguard and transact their clients’ work. Ironically, a recent federal investigation found the operator of a Santa Fe art delivery service was far less careful when it came to paying all of the wages earned by seven of its drivers.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: BRADENTON BEACH, FL – Two men doing framing work at a residential construction project in Bradenton Beach on June 23, 2021, had no warning when the platform beneath them failed, causing both to fall about 25 feet – roughly two stories – to the ground. Head trauma killed a 49-year-old carpenter and crew leader, who died at the scene. The second worker, a 40-year-old carpenter, suffered fractures to his leg, knee, ribs and nose, and needed transport to a local hospital.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: AUSTIN, TX - Officials from the U.S. Department of Labor and the Travis County District Attorney’s Office signed a Memorandum of Understanding to expand and improve the protection of Travis County’s workforce, enforcement of wage laws and level the playing field for responsible employers.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: NEW YORK - The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York has entered a consent judgment ordering a Syracuse gas station and convenience store and a Jamesville pizzeria and convenience store and their owner to pay $56,364 in back wages and an equal amount of $56,364 in liquidated damages to 12 employees denied overtime wages.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Home Bancgroup Inc., Hallandale Beach, Florida Order to Cease and Desist, issued by the Office of Thrift Supervision dated July 30, 2010 (PDF) Terminated December 8, 2021 Additional enforcement actions can be searched for here.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Another defendant who was charged as part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) “Operation Hustle City" was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr., announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is closely coordinating the court-mandated reimplementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) with the Government of Mexico (GOM).
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: NEW YORK - Three Bellport concrete supply and construction companies and their owner, who schemed for three years to deny overtime pay to 99 laborers, have been ordered to pay the workers a total of $987,591 in back wages and liquidated damages, plus interest, in a consent judgment entered in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
