News from January 2022
By Press release submission | Jan 4, 2022
While nursing home workers continue to put themselves at-risk as the nation battles the ongoing pandemic, federal investigators found that the pay practices of three Oklahoma City-area nursing homes denied 129 workers all of their hard-earned wages.Investigators with the U.S.
By Press release submission | Jan 4, 2022
To ensure nursing mothers can care for their newborns and earn a living, federal law requires employers to designate a place for them to express milk privately without fear of intrusion.
By Press release submission | Jan 4, 2022
A U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division investigation has found a Hawaii flooring contractor misclassified some employees as independent contractors and paid others straight-time wages for all hours when they worked over 40 in a workweek, both violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
By Press release submission | Jan 4, 2022
Aluminum Shapes LLC will affirm a $1 million penalty and accept 10 willful, 15 repeat and 55 serious violations and one other-than-serious citation in a settlement agreement to resolve two long-running U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration cases related to a fatality and a series of employee injuries at the company’s Delair plant.
By Press release submission | Jan 4, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration today released Field Assistance Bulletin 2021-03 announcing a temporary enforcement policy regarding the new fee transparency disclosure requirements added to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act for persons providing brokerage services and consulting to ERISA group health plans.
By Press release submission | Jan 4, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the awards of $14 million in cooperative agreements to support a broad set of actions by two projects intended to combat child labor, forced labor and human trafficking, which affects more than 200 million children, women and men worldwide.
By Raquel Perez | Jan 4, 2022
Justice Department reached an agreement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with Adventist Health System Georgia Inc., d.b.a. AdventHealth-Gordon (Advent), a hospital in Calhoun, Georgia.
By Press release submission | Jan 4, 2022
This evening, Luis Aguirre, 46, was extradited back to the United States after his arrest in Chihuahua, Mexico. Aguirre, who had a warrant for his arrest from 2011, was wanted by the Goodyear Police Department for molestation of a child, sexual abuse, and sexual conduct with a minor.
By Press release submission | Jan 4, 2022
United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that David D. DeBerardinis, 60, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. to 15 years in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for committing wire fraud and defrauding many people out of millions of dollars.
By Press release submission | Jan 4, 2022
Julio Cesar Galvan, 29, of Lansing, Illinois was sentenced by United States District Court Judge James Moody after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of ammunition, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
By Press release submission | Jan 4, 2022
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jahzaire Gilliam, age 20, of York, Pennsylvania, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to five years’ imprisonment for possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By Press release submission | Jan 4, 2022
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Kaleaf Brown, age 26, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on January 3, 2022, to 140 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner for drug trafficking and weapons offenses.
By Bob Martin | Jan 4, 2022
A Colorado man was recently sentenced to 176 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute heroin, fentanyl and methamphetamine sourced from Mexico.
By State Newswire | Jan 4, 2022
Release: The Troika (Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States) and the European Union underscore their continued support for the democratic aspirations of the Sudanese people. Abdallah Hamdok played a major role in leading Sudan’s democratic and economic reforms. His resignation as Sudanese Prime Minister ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 4, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. 2022 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Clinton Stockyards Inc. (Clinton) of Fox, Ark., on Sept. 24, 2021, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, Clinton waived its right to a hearing and paid a penalty of $2,500.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans, announced that HAROLD SAINTES, JR. age 53, of Broussard, Louisiana was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one count Bill of Information with Theft of Mail.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 4, 2022
News Release: HOUGHTON, MI - Applications for Isle Royale National Park's 2022 Teen Artist Exploration will be accepted between January 2 and Feb. 16, 2022. This artistic discovery is geared to all aspiring teen artists who want to develop their art through experiencing wilderness, and is open to all visual and performing artists, writers, and composers ages 13 to 18 at time of participation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Kaleaf Brown, age 26, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Jan. 3, 2022, to 140 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner for drug trafficking and weapons offenses.
