News from April 2023


Philadelphia-area Swimming Pool Subcontractor Must Pay $384k In Back Wages, Penalties After Department Of Labor Finds H-2b Guest Worker Violations

Philadelphia-area Swimming Pool Subcontractor Must Pay $384k In Back Wages, Penalties After Department Of Labor Finds H-2b Guest Worker Violations


Us Department Of Labor Recovers $167k In Back Wages, Damages For 56 Employees Denied Overtime By Utah Restaurant Operator

Us Department Of Labor Recovers $167k In Back Wages, Damages For 56 Employees Denied Overtime By Utah Restaurant Operator


The Us Department Of Labor Recovers $ 167,000 In Back Wages And Damages For 56 Employees Who Were Denied Overtime By A Utah Restaurant Operator

The Us Department Of Labor Recovers $ 167,000 In Back Wages And Damages For 56 Employees Who Were Denied Overtime By A Utah Restaurant Operator


Larsen & Toubro Technology Services Pays $9,928,000 To Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

Larsen & Toubro Technology Services Pays $9,928,000 To Resolve False Claims Act Allegations


Attorney General Kris Mayes Announces Sentencing in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Fraud Case

Attorney General Kris Mayes Announces Sentencing in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Fraud Case


Former Labor Union President Admits Involvement in $200,000 Embezzlement Scheme

Former Labor Union President Admits Involvement in $200,000 Embezzlement Scheme


Middle District Of Florida Task Force Continues To Combat COVID-19 Fraud

Middle District Of Florida Task Force Continues To Combat COVID-19 Fraud


Eight Crips Gang Members and Associates Indicted for Racketeering and Numerous Violent Crimes on Long Island

Eight Crips Gang Members and Associates Indicted for Racketeering and Numerous Violent Crimes on Long Island


Nine Defendants Sentenced in $126M Compounding Fraud Scheme

Nine Defendants Sentenced in $126M Compounding Fraud Scheme


Podiatrist and Patient Recruiter Convicted for $8.5M Compounding Fraud Scheme

Podiatrist and Patient Recruiter Convicted for $8.5M Compounding Fraud Scheme


Rusk County Man Sentenced to 18 Months for False Statements to Federal Agencies Regarding Non-Citizen Workers

Rusk County Man Sentenced to 18 Months for False Statements to Federal Agencies Regarding Non-Citizen Workers


Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education to Hold Hearing on School Choice

Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education to Hold Hearing on School Choice


Bean Delivers Opening Remarks at Hearing on School Choice

Bean Delivers Opening Remarks at Hearing on School Choice


Subcommittee on Workforce Protections to Hold Hearing on Independent Contractors

Subcommittee on Workforce Protections to Hold Hearing on Independent Contractors



NEWS: HELP Committee to Hold Hearing to Consider Nomination of Julie Su to Serve as Secretary of Labor

NEWS: HELP Committee to Hold Hearing to Consider Nomination of Julie Su to Serve as Secretary of Labor


NEWS: As Republicans Move to Provide a $1.8 Trillion Tax Giveaway to Billionaires, Sanders Introduces Bill to Make the Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share

NEWS: As Republicans Move to Provide a $1.8 Trillion Tax Giveaway to Billionaires, Sanders Introduces Bill to Make the Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share


Kiley: “The livelihoods of millions of Americans are at risk”

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chair Kevin Kiley (R-CA) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing that explores the benefits of the independent contractor model on the working economy and the negative impact the Biden administration’s policies are having on freelancers across the country...


US Department of Labor finds Mississippi farm willfully disregarded safety standards after South African guest worker suffocates in storage bin

News Release: GREENWOOD, MS - Had federal workplace safety regulations been followed at a LeFlore County soybean farm, a South African teenager employed by its operator would have returned home and not suffocated inside a grain bin in October 2022.


Foxx: “Female Athletes are Being Erased”

News Release: WASHINGTON - Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House floor today in support of H.R. 734, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. The bill strengthens existing protections for women, ensures a level playing field for female athletes, and protects women and girls from the Biden administration’s radical regulatory scheme.