News from February 2023
By EPA Newswire | Feb 26, 2023
There were 14 notices published by the Environmental Protection Agency in week ending Feb. 18, according to the Federal Register.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2023
News Release: FIRST ON FOX: The House Judiciary Committee is holding an in-person hearing at the southern border in Yuma, Arizona on Thursday -- and will hear of the massive migrant surge seen under the Biden administration and of the strain it has placed on authorities on hospitals in the area.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2023
There were 54 notices published by the Commerce Department in week ending Feb. 18, according to the Federal Register.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2023
News Release: Wildlife management is based on understanding how many individuals exist in a population and whether that number is increasing or decreasing over time and why. However, it is usually not possible to simply count every single individual because animals may be difficult to see and can be spread out across...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Lynville Porter, 40, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to 57 months in prison for shooting a Special Police Officer on the campus of Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington DC, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Chief Robert J. Contee III, of the Metropolitan Police Department.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2023
News Release: As European nations struggled for trade routes and territory in the Americas, they established military forts - called presidios in Spanish - to protect their claims from both other European nations and unfriendly indigenous groups.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2023
“PUBLICATION OF COMMITTEE RULES“ was published in the House section on pages H859-H862 on Feb. 21
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2023
There were 20 notices published by the Interior Department in week ending Feb. 18, according to the Federal Register.
By DOL Newswire Report | Feb 26, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor awarded $50 million in grants to 15 community colleges in 14 states, enabling them to expand access to education and training for well-paying jobs and to meet employers’ and workers’ skill development needs.
By Press release submission | Feb 26, 2023
As part of its year-long commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the passage of the Family and Medical Leave Act, the U.S. Department of Labor today hosted an online roundtable discussion and launched a new web page to inform workers about federal regulations for job-protected leave to care for a family member.
By Press release submission | Feb 26, 2023
As part of its year-long commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the passage of the Family and Medical Leave Act, the U.S. Department of Labor today hosted an online roundtable discussion and launched a new web page to inform workers about federal regulations for job-protected leave to care for a family member.
By Press release submission | Feb 26, 2023
A U.S. Department of Labor investigation into two commonly owned Callicoon resorts’ pay and child labor practices was no vacation for the employers after investigators uncovered violations of federal regulations.
By Press release submission | Feb 26, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment that orders a Salinas labor contractor – who withheld final paychecks and transportation expenses – to hundreds of farmworkers to pay more than $460,000 in damages and penalties, following the department’s investigation and litigation.
By Press release submission | Feb 26, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Wage and Hour Division will offer online seminars for contracting agencies, contractors, unions, workers and other stakeholders on the requirements for paying prevailing wages on federally funded construction and service contracts.
By Press release submission | Feb 26, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered more than $3.1 million in back wages and fringe benefits for more than 3,100 workers at a California subcontractor that provided enrollment and dental and vision benefits support to federal employees, retirees and their dependents.
By Press release submission | Feb 26, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division determined that the employer paid window installers overtime wages at straight-time rates, and denied workers the required rate of time-and-one-half for hours over 40 in a workweek.
By Press release submission | Feb 26, 2023
Investigators with the department’s Wage and Hour Division found a North Carolina commercial and industrial rack installation company misclassified its employees working as installers as independent contractors.
By Press release submission | Feb 26, 2023
A federal investigation has found the franchise operator of seven McDonald’s locations in Erie and Warren illegally allowed 154 minors, ages 14- and 15-years-old, to work at times not permitted by child labor laws and for more hours per week than allowed
By Press release submission | Feb 26, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $253,044 in back wages for 93 workers of four Florida restaurants after an investigation found the enterprise did not pay servers any wages and failed to pay other workers overtime rates.
By Press release submission | Feb 26, 2023
A federal investigation has recovered $113,613 in back wages and liquidated damages for 71 employees of a New York City hotel management company that denied them their full-earned wages, including overtime, by misclassifying many of the affected workers as independent contractors.
