News from October 2022
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Jacksonville District, awarded the second Corps construction contract for the Central Everglades Planning Project Everglades Agricultural Area (CEPP EAA) Phase Reservoir, a key component of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP).
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District has deployed two survey vessels to survey the waterways in support of the Hurricane Ian and USACE’s Jacksonville District.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
Corps of Engineers announces emergency permitting procedures to support recovery following Hurricane Ian
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
A Boston man pleaded guilty yesterday in connection with using others’ identities to fraudulently obtain over $65,000 in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) benefits.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
Four Defendants Sentenced for COVID-19 Relief Fraud
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
A Beverly Farms man was charged today in a 13-count indictment in connection with a payroll scheme involving underreporting of overtime hours for his union employees and failing to collect and pay payroll taxes.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
An Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted conspiring with his brother to extort multiple general contractors of approximately $14,000 in cash, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
A Houston woman has been ordered to federal prison following her conviction of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
A former physician with medical practices in New Jersey, New York, and Florida admitted wrongfully disclosing patients’ protected personal health information, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced today.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
Two Defendants Also Accused of Carrying Out Insurance Fraud Scheme
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $17,164 in back wages from a federal subcontractor who denied full wages and benefits to eight workers providing pest control services at U.S. Air Force and Navy installations on Guam.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
A federal court has ordered two Boston restaurants to pay $195,680 in back wages and liquidated damages after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found the employers willfully failed to pay some employees the minimum wage and overtime compensation the law requires. The department also levied a $14,980 civil money penalty.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $44,280 in back wages and liquidated damages for two employees of a Jackson ground delivery contractor who failed to compensate them for work they did off-the-clock from their homes.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
A federal investigation has recovered $157,287 in back wages for 65 workers after finding that a Goldsboro-based restaurant’s pay practices denied the workers their full wages by keeping portions of their earned tips.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
US Department of Labor announces proposed rule on classifying employees, independent contractors; seeks to return to longstanding interpretation
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a federal court order to stop an Alexander City manufacturer of Hyundai and Kia auto parts from employing 13-, 14- and 15-year-old workers illegally, and to prevent the company from shipping or delivering any goods produced in violation of federal child labor laws.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
Federal court orders defunct Michigan company, CEO, president to restore more than $25K to two employee benefit plans
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is proposing a new regulation to provide interest rate assumptions in determining a withdrawing employer’s liability to a multiemployer pension plan.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh and the department’s Assistant Secretary for Disability Employment Policy Taryn Williams today welcomed a group of corporate employers and disability advocacy leaders recognized for their innovative approaches to fostering mental health-friendly workplaces.
