News from April 2023
PBGC Approves Supplemented SFA Application for Local 783 Plan
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 14, 2023
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the supplemented application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program by the Cement Masons Local 783 Pension Plan (Local 783 Plan).
PBGC Approves Supplemented SFA Application for NYS Teamsters Conference Plan
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 14, 2023
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the supplemented application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program by the New York State Teamsters Conference Pension and Retirement Plan (NYS Teamsters Conference Plan). The plan, based in Syracuse, New York, covers 33,643 participants in the transportation industry.
Us Labor Department Recovers $23k In Back Wages, Damages For 34 Employees Denied Overtime Pay By Private Sporting Club In Greenbrier County
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 14, 2023
Us Labor Department Recovers $23k In Back Wages, Damages For 34 Employees Denied Overtime Pay By Private Sporting Club In Greenbrier County
1st Circuit Court Of Appeals Clarifies Law Governing Administrative Exemption Consistent With Us Department Of Labor
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 14, 2023
1st Circuit Court Of Appeals Clarifies Law Governing Administrative Exemption Consistent With Us Department Of Labor
Us Department Of Labor To Host Online Forum For Employers, Contractors, Workers, Other Stakeholders On Workplace Compliance, Other Issues
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 14, 2023
Us Department Of Labor To Host Online Forum For Employers, Contractors, Workers, Other Stakeholders On Workplace Compliance, Other Issues
Weights For Dollars: Department Of Labor Recovers $ 465,000 In Back Wages, Damages From A Carlsbad Manufacturer That Paid Less To Mexican Workers
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 14, 2023
A federal investigation has recovered $ 465,993 in back wages and damages for 44 employees of a California injection medical molding manufacturer who denied them the wages they earned legally, including overtime, classifying many apprentices incorrectly.
Us Department Of Labor Alleges Palm Beach Medical Transportation Company Misclassified Employees As Independent Contractors, Denied Them Overtime Pay
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 14, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor alleges that Medi-Wheels of the Palm Beaches Inc. – a company providing non-emergency and emergency medical transportation services to patients in South Florida and Florida’s West Coast – misclassified 46 of its drivers as independent contractors and violated minimum wage, overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Us Department Of Labor Recovers $289k In Back Wages, Damages, Penalties After Investigation Found Maryland Employers Denied Workers Overtime Wages
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 14, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division determined the two companies entered into an “employee lease agreement,” for which Jordi Construction provided leased workers to augment Stark Truss Baltimore’s workforce.
Us Department Of Labor Recovers $108k From Alabama-based Contractor For 21 Workers In Jacksonville Illegally Denied Overtime Wages
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 14, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found the employer wrongly classified workers as exempt from overtime. By doing so
Ohio Lathe Mill Pays $22k In Child Labor Penalties After 15-year-old Suffers Injury While Working In A Sawmill
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 14, 2023
An Ohio lathe mill has paid an enhanced child labor enforcement penalty of $22,093 after federal investigators found the company employed a 15-year-old worker illegally in a hazardous occupation –the operation of a sawmill
Us Department Of Labor Recovers $62k In Minimum Wage, Overtime Back Wages, Damages For 20 Workers Of Grand Rapids’ Restaurant
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 14, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $62,412 in back wages and damages for 20 workers after a federal court in Michigan supported the department’s findings that a Grand Rapids restaurant denied overtime wages to the workers and failed to pay minimum wage to one server
Us Department Of Labor Recovers $114k For 92 Workers After Investigation Finds Houston Car Wash Chain Denied Overtime Wages
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 14, 2023
Us Department Of Labor Recovers $114k For 92 Workers After Investigation Finds Houston Car Wash Chain Denied Overtime Wages
Us Department Of Labor Recovers $ 114k For 92 Carwashers After Self-wash Chain Investigation In Houston That Did Not Pay Overtime
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 14, 2023
Us Department Of Labor Recovers $ 114k For 92 Carwashers After Self-wash Chain Investigation In Houston That Did Not Pay Overtime
Us Department Of Labor Recovers $77k In Back Wages, Liquidated Damages After Finding Three Liquor Stores Denied Workers Overtime
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 14, 2023
Us Department Of Labor Recovers $77k In Back Wages, Liquidated Damages After Finding Three Liquor Stores Denied Workers Overtime
Wages Waiting: Department Of Labor Seeking Nearly 2,900 People Employed In Response To 2015 Bird Flu Outbreak After Recovery Of $1.7m In Back Wages
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 14, 2023
In September 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor obtained a consent judgment to recover $1.7 million for nearly 2,900 workers employed by 145 different subcontractors in 2015 to euthanize birds and dispose of carcasses during the avian flu outbreak and is trying to locate workers owed back wages.
26 press releases published in January by Occupational Safety and Health Administration
By DOL Newswire | Apr 14, 2023
There were 26 press releases published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in January.
NEWS: HELP Committee to Hold Hearing to Consider Nomination of Julie Su to Serve as Secretary of Labor
By DOL Newswire | Apr 14, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 13 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, today announced that the committee will hold a hearing on Thursday, April 20 at 10 a.m. ET to consider the nomination of Julie Su to serve as Secretary for the U.S. Department of Labor.
Department of Labor, industry partners to promote road construction worker safety during 2023 National Work Zone Awareness Week
By DOL Newswire | Apr 14, 2023
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration will join construction organizations in Georgia to promote worker safety and encourage industry employers to hold safety stand-downs at roadwork sites and in traffic work zones during National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 17 to 21.
DOL-MSHA offers new grant application process starting April 14
By DOL Newswire | Apr 14, 2023
MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY STATE GRANTS grant opened on April 14.
Federal safety investigators find Alabama paper mill willfully bypassed safety regulations, leading to fatal electrocution of 36-year-old worker
By DOL Newswire | Apr 14, 2023
News Release: MAPLESVILLE, AL - Federal workplace safety inspectors examining how a 36-year-old worker suffered fatal electrocution in a Maplesville paper mill found his employer willfully violating safety standards, including disregarding hazardous energy control procedures that protect employees performing maintenance on machinery.