News from November 2022
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
A Providence man who filed a fraudulent application for unemployment benefits under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program, and received more than $7,000 in ill-gotten payments, was sentenced on Tuesday to thirty days of incarceration to be followed by three months home confinement, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
A Fredericksburg man pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring to obtain pandemic unemployment benefits. His family members were also indicted for their roles in the scheme, along with a separate mail theft and bank fraud scheme.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
A Gloucester County, New Jersey, man today admitted that he illegally obtained more than $400,000 in unemployment insurance benefits, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
A Pound, Virginia man, who conspired with at least 37 others to steal pandemic unemployment benefits, was sentenced yesterday to 36 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $18,160 in restitution.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
Anthony Silva, 37, of Hampton, pleaded guilty in federal court to wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and mail fraud, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
US Department of Labor recovers more than$162K in overtime back pay, damages for Louisiana home healthcare workers denied overtime
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has approved a consent judgment ordering two central Pennsylvania nursing facilities to pay a total of $256,684 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages to 231 nursing staff for FLSA violations found during a federal review of the employer’s pay practices.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corp. has agreed to pay $1,187,757 in back wages and liquidated damages to 516 workers to resolve overtime violations in multiple locations found as part of a U.S. Department of Labor investigation.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
US Department of Labor, state and national brewers align to educate New York employers, protect industry workers
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following statement on today’s sentencing of George Laufenberg, former plan administrator of the Northeast Carpenters Benefit Funds, who pleaded guilty on June 3, 2022, to embezzling approximately $140,000 and making false statements to the department.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
Home healthcare industry employers seek workers willing to work hard and long hours to meet the daily living and care needs of clients – some with limited mobility – in the comfort of their homes.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
Background: On Nov. 8, 2022, The OSHA Regional Office in Kansas City, Missouri, signed an ambassador alliance agreement with the Great Plains Occupational Safety and Health Administration Education Center consortium that recognizes the center as an OSHA Alliance Program Ambassador.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that an ongoing nationwide effort by its Wage and Hour Division focused on improving compliance by residential care, nursing facilities, home health services and other care-focused industry employers has made significant progress in protecting workers’ rights and protections.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
First Lady Jill Biden joined Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and met with students, apprentices, teachers and business leaders in the Chicago
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into a settlement agreement with LAZ Parking California LLC and will pay $320,000 in back wages and interest to 678 affected job seekers to resolve allegations of race- and gender-based hiring discrimination affecting Black and female applicants at its Southern California facilities.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
As the nation marks National Apprenticeship Week, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced an initiative to expand its pre-apprenticeship opportunities for Job Corps students and connect them to Registered Apprenticeship programs.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the kick-off of more than 1,000 events and activities throughout the country as part of the eighth annual National Apprenticeship Week, Nov. 14-20, 2022.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration urges first responders, people in recovery efforts, and residents in areas affected by Tropical Storm Nicole to be aware of the many hazards that flooding, power loss, structural damage, fallen trees and storm debris may create.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
US Department of Labor recovers $47K in back wages, damages for workers shortchanged overtime pay by Beaver County home healthcare agency
