News from March 2022
By Press release submission | Mar 23, 2022
Ahead of next week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today spoke about Judge Jackson’s breadth of experience, character and temperament, and evenhandedness and impartiality.
By Press release submission | Mar 23, 2022
US Department of Labor recovers more than $51K in back wages, liquidated damages for four workers after investigation at Paducah restaurant
By Press release submission | Mar 23, 2022
A federal court has ordered a Philadelphia home healthcare staffing agency and its owner to pay nearly $410,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 43 employees after U.S. Department of Labor investigators found that the employer misclassified workers as independent contractors.
By Press release submission | Mar 23, 2022
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered his opening remarks at the first day of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
By Press release submission | Mar 23, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor will offer online compliance seminars for contracting agencies, contractors, unions, workers and other stakeholders to provide information on the requirements governing payment of prevailing wages on federally funded construction and service contracts.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
A Goose Creek restaurant shortchanged 21 workers and allowed minor-aged employees to work more hours than the law permits, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has revealed.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it is preparing to issue a final workplace safety standard that will protect health care workers against workplace COVID-19 infections.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
A Goose Creek restaurant shortchanged 21 workers and allowed minor-aged employees to work more hours than the law permits, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has revealed.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
A federal court entered a consent order that requires two Fairfield County restaurants and their owners – who used threats of retaliation to coerce nine workers to kick back thousands of dollars of back wages and liquidated damages recovered by the U.S.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed the omnibus funding package, which includes key health care provisions.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing titled, “Charging Forward: Securing American Manufacturing and Our EV Future:”
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
The founders of a local nonprofit, Violence in Boston (VIB), have been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with a series of alleged schemes designed to defraud VIB and its donors, the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance and a mortgage lending business based in Chicago.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Thursday, March 31, on oversight of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders wrote to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) today to request information regarding the Biden Administration’s efforts to address the increased levels of mental health issues in the United States, particularly given the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
A Camden County, New Jersey, man today admitted fraudulently obtaining a federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan of $237,500, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
21,000 people die from cancer caused by radon exposure each year in U.S.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that 93 U.S. manufacturing plants nationwide earned the agency’s ENERGY STAR certification in 2021
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Andrew Marszalek, age 24, of New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner for pandemic unemployment fraud.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
A Southwest Virginia man, who conspired with more than 30 others in a scheme to illegally obtain pandemic unemployment benefits, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the government, and one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, and was sentenced last week to 30 months in federal prison.
