News from March 2022
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 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.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 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 22, 2022
As minor-aged workers seek to make extra cash by working more hours during spring recess, their employers should take the opportunity to review federal child labor laws to avoid violations and costly penalties.
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. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division – to pay $150,000 to those employees.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
American Indians and Alaska Natives have traditionally faced higher unemployment rates and lower workforce participation, and attained lower levels of education – subjecting them to lower wages, fewer career opportunities and a continued cycle of unemployment and poverty.Expanding opportunities for these communities is the impetus behind a $71 million in funding availability the U.S.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
US Department of Labor issues $167K in penalties to address workplace safety deficiencies after 29-year-old worker’s electrocution at Clinton TVA
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has reopened the rulemaking record partially and scheduled an informal public hearing to seek comments on specific topics that relate to the development of a final standard to protect healthcare and healthcare support service workers from workplace exposure to the COVID-19 virus.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
The Accelerated Approval Integrity Act Improves FDA’s Ability to Ensure Accelerated Approval Products Provide a Clinical Benefit to Patients
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Chairman of the SFRC Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, today unveiled the United States-Colombia Strategic Alliance Act of 2022, a new legislative initiative that lays out a comprehensive agenda for U.S.-Colombia relations focused on expanding engagement on issues of inclusive economic growth, anti-corruption, international security, environmental protection, and refugees and migration.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today sent a series of oversight letters to five regional Assistant Secretaries of State to request specific details about the State Department’s diplomatic strategies to counter Russian influence and aggression, including how they are working to ensure that countries around the world are imposing and enforcing sanctions on the Putin regime and the Russian economy.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
The Secretary of the Interior is proposing that management and administration of a small area in north central North Dakota important to waterfowl and wildlife continue for the next century in the same manner as it has for the past 40 years.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wenatchee Field Office is seeking a K-12 teacher from a local community for the Teachers on Public Lands (TPL) summer internship program.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) welcomes Maureen Joe as the new Field Manager for the Farmington Field Office. Maureen is responsible for the management and stewardship of over 1.4 million acres of public lands in San Juan, Rio Arriba, Sandoval and McKinley Counties, with her first day in office being March 14.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
The Bureau of Land Management will conduct prescribed burns in the Copper Mountain and Green Mountain areas this spring, beginning as soon as late March. The burns are part of an ongoing effort to reduce hazardous fuels and improve wildlife habitat.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
The Bureau of Land Management Southern Nevada District issued a Decision Record and Finding of No Significant Impact based on analysis provided in the Harris Springs Recreation Area Management Plan and Environmental Assessment.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area may implement the following prescribed fire during the spring of 2022.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
A section of US Route 209 between Raymondskill Road and Route 739 within Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area will be closed as of 8:30 am today due to a damaged culvert that has increased erosion of the slope between the road and Delaware River near Mile Marker 17.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
Over the past several months, Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) law enforcement rangers have discovered six separate acts of vandalism at the restrooms next to the Ocracoke Island Discovery Center.
By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
Join Haleakalā National Park in celebrating the Solar Week! Starting Sunday, March 20 through Saturday, March 26, 2022, visit the “House of the Sun” to explore daytime astronomy and learn about our closest star.
