DOL Newswire Reports News
Federal court orders defunct Milwaukee info technology company, president to restore $18K withheld from employees for medical plan
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
On March 7, 2023, Judge Lynn Adelman in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin entered a default judgment against Stratagem Inc. and Gary Krieger, the company’s president, after he failed to meet a deadline of Sept. 21, 2022, to answer a complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Labor.
US Department of Labor announces updates to better address federal firefighters with certain occupational illnesses’ benefits claims
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an update in the Federal Employees’ Compensation Program that will streamline claims processing for federal firefighters with certain occupational diseases.
US Department of Labor awards $20M in American Rescue Plan funding to promote equitable access to unemployment benefits in 4 states
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
To help identify and address barriers workers face regarding access to state unemployment insurance benefits, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of nearly $20 million in equity grants to Florida, Mississippi, New Hampshire and South Carolina.
US Department of Labor announces $15M funding availability to help youth, young adults prepare for college, career success
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the availability of $15 million in grant funding to support programs that help youth – particularly those in rural areas, people of color and people with disabilities – to overcome obstacles to educational and workforce success with training and career guidance.
Department of Labor lauds Job Corps’ students, contributions to wildland firefighting efforts in 2022 by US Forest Service
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
Amid more than 66,000 wildfires that burned nearly 7.6 million acres of land across the country in 2022, students in Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers combined to provide 204,633 total hours of support to federal firefighters – a 20 percent increase over the previous year – the U.S. Department of Labor announced today.
US Department of Labor, Colorado Health Care Association collaborate to help keep long-term care workers safe, healthy
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
OSHA and the Colorado Health Care Association have signed an ambassador-level alliance to provide long-term care workers in Colorado with information, guidance and access to training resources.
US Department of Labor certifies Maine's completion of developmental steps of occupational safety, health plan for state, local government workers
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration has certified the completion of all structural and developmental aspects of Maine's State Plan for protecting the safety and health of state and local government workers.
US Department of Labor, Power Generation Workgroup alliance promotes importance of safety for workers
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
OSHA Region VIII and the Power Generation VPP Workgroup, industry professionals committed to the goals of the OSHA's national VPP program, have established an alliance to increase safety for power industry workers.
Federal investigation of teen worker's fall from New Castle store roof finds Georgia contractor violated child labor, overtime, worker safety laws
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
A federal investigation into why a 17-year-old worker – who fell 24 feet from the roof of a New Castle, Pennsylvania, home improvement store in October 2022 – was doing work that violated child labor laws led to a wider review into how the roofing contractor failed to pay 30 employees their full wages and exposed other workers to dangerous fall hazards.
Federal investigation orders church to pay back wages, reinstate employee fired for raising concerns about rodents, insects in childcare center
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
After a nutrition specialist employed at a Dallas childcare facility raised concerns about rodents, spiders and other insects in its cafeteria, kitchen and other areas, their employer acted far from charitably and terminated the worker in August 2021.
OSHA to hold online meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health Heat Work Group on April 27
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will hold an online meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health Heat Work Group on April 27, 2023, from 2 to 4 p.m. ET.
Investigations by Department of Labor, Vernon Police lead to first-degree manslaughter charges in Connecticut trench fatality
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
Inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, special agents with the department's Office of Inspector General, and detectives with the Town of Vernon's Police Department investigated the collapse of an 8-foot-deep trench that killed an employee of Botticello Inc., a Manchester construction contractor.
Federal investigators find operating, training deficiencies contributed to fatal BP Products refinery explosion that claimed two workers' lives
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
A federal investigation into two workers' fatal burns at an Oregon, Ohio, refinery's crude unit has found its operator, BP Products North America Inc. violated the U.S. Department of Labor's process safety procedures for highly hazardous materials and failed to adequately train the workers.
US Department of Labor, National Safety Council Nebraska Chapter sign alliance to train employers, workers on common hazards
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
On March 7, 2023, OSHA Area Director Matthew Thurlby in Omaha and Eric Koeppe, president of the National Safety Council-Nebraska Chapter signed an alliance to promote workplace safety and health topics in general industry, construction, and agriculture.
US Department of Labor finds oil, gas waste company failed to protect workers from dangers of inhalation after employee suffers fatal injury
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
Federal investigators found an oil and gas company employee suffered fatal exposure to hydrogen sulfide while working near a sump pit in September 2022.
Total factor productivity decreases 1.2% in 2022, following a 4.0% increase in 2021
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY – 2022
January job openings rates down in 13 states, up in 3; layoffs and discharges up in 10
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
Job openings rates decreased in 13 states and the District of Columbia and increased in 3 states on the last business day of January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Unemployment rate for Gulf War-era II veterans declines to 3.1 percent in 2022
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
EMPLOYMENT SITUATION OF VETERANS -- 2022
Benefit costs for private industry workers average $11.86 per hour worked in Dec 2022
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
Total employer compensation costs for civilian workers averaged $42.48 per hour worked inDecember 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today
In Aug-Sep 2022, 27.5% of U.S. private establishments had teleworkers; 20.9% had vacancies
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
TELEWORK, HIRING, AND VACANCIES - 2022 DATA FROM THE BUSINESS RESPONSE SURVEY