News from January 2022
By Press release submission | Jan 12, 2022
Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR) made it into the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Top 10 List of most unusual items found at security checkpoints nationwide in 2021.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of an $8.4 million cooperative agreement to the Pan American Development Foundation to empower civil society organizations and workers’ organizations to address child labor, forced labor and other unacceptable working conditions in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. The project will promote gender and racial equity and prioritize people of African descent, Garifuna and indigenous communities.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
The US State Department published a one page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking public comment on its proposal to modify the methodology used to determine the hourly Adverse Effect Wage Rates for the H-2A program. The proposed changes will better enable the department to meet its statutory mandate to ensure the employment of H-2A workers will not adversely affect the wages of workers in the United States similarly employed.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: MANCHESTER, NH - A New Hampshire residential carpentry contractor misclassified some employees as independent contractors and paid others straight-time wages when they worked over 40 hours in a workweek, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found.
By State Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), House Armed Services Committee Lead Republican Mike Rogers (R-AL), Senate Armed Services Committee Lead Republican Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Lead Republican Jim Risch (R-ID) released a statement following talks between NATO and Russia on the situation in Ukraine.
By Press release submission | Jan 12, 2022
Harrisburg International Airport (MDT) made it into the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Top 10 List of most unusual items found at security checkpoints nationwide in 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Alnaldo Perez-Rodriguez, age 35, of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Jan. 11, 2022, by a federal grand jury for firearms and drug trafficking offenses.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: MANCHESTER, NH - The owners of two southern New Hampshire wineries, restaurants, event venues and retail operations in Amherst and Derry violated the child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act when they allowed 33 employees younger than 16 years of age to work more hours than allowed under the law.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: GUYMON, OK - A Guymon processing and packing facility - operated by one of the nation’s largest pork processors - failed to prevent workers from being exposed to repetitive motion injuries and did not record injuries that needed more than basic first-aid.
By Press release submission | Jan 12, 2022
Atlantic City International Airport (ACY) made it into the Transportation Security Administration’s list of Top 10 List of most unusual items found nationwide at security checkpoints in 2021.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: LOUISVILLE, KY - A Louisville pharmacist who fraudulently billed healthcare benefit plans for $188,157 in unfilled prescriptions will serve 9 months in prison and 2 years of supervised release after pleading guilty in federal court.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: MONTICELLO, AR - A knot saw operator suffered a partial amputation of an index finger in June 2021 when his hand came in contact with a rotating blade that lacked adequate machine guarding. A few weeks earlier, a similar saw at the Maxwell Hardwood Flooring plant in Monticello lacerated a co-worker’s palm severely, leaving them with nerve damage.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: LODI, NJ - A U.S. Department of Labor administrative law judge ordered a northern New Jersey trucking company contracted by the U.S. Postal Service to haul mail in the New York City metro-area to pay $549,209 in back wages to 46 drivers after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found wage, benefits ...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON -The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a final rule that implements Executive Order 14026 to increase the hourly minimum wage for employees on federal contracts beginning Jan. 30, 2022. President Biden signed the order on April 27, 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: KOUNTZE, Texas - Did you get a new pair of hiking boots or kayak for the holidays and looking for some new trails and friends to explore southeast Texas? Or are you a leader of a youth organization that is looking for a great team building activity to do in the coming months? Big Thicket is excited to announce our new programs starting in 2022.
By Press release submission | Jan 12, 2022
Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) Sunday detected a 9 mm Glock 43 pistol loaded with seven rounds of ammunition in the carry-on luggage of a traveler ticketed for travel to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
By Press release submission | Jan 12, 2022
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented a handgun from making its way onboard an airplane at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE) Thursday, Jan. 6.
By Press release submission | Jan 12, 2022
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Management Directorate announced that the United States Coast Guard (USCG) has recently transitioned to an updated integrated financial, procurement, and asset management system, called the Financial System Modernization Solution (FSMS).
