News from June 2023
US Department of Labor finds Dollar General in West Texas exposing employees to fire hazards, other concerns
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
National discounter faces more than $21M in penalties since 2017
Illinois contractor ignored city's safety warnings about deadly trench hazards, federal inspectors cite five willful, serious violations, propose $77K in penalties
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
Department of Labor investigators find workers exposed on five occasions
Federal workplace safety inspectors find Illinois contractor continues to expose roofing workers to deadly fall hazards, despite 2019, 2022 violations
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
JZ Exteriors and Repairs LLC faces $66K in additional penalties for workplace safety failures
US Department of Labor invites businesses, workers to share best workplace safety, health practices
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
Seeks input on increasing worker participation, reducing injuries, fatalities
Us Department Of Labor Recovers $100k In Back Wages From Truck Stop Operator Who Denied Overtime Pay To 15 Jersey City Gas Station Attendants
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division determined that the employer failed to pay an overtime premium to gas station attendants for hours worked over 40 in a work week, as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Corrected: Us Department Of Labor Investigations Of Labor Contractors, Vineyard Yield $231k In Penalties, Recover $129k In Back Wages For 353 Agricultural Workers
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
Violations of federal programs for migrant, seasonal workers found
Federal Court Orders Kansas Operators Of 17 Sonic Locations To Stop Child Labor Violations After Federal Investigators Find Repeated Abuses
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
BBR Investments LLC paid $139K in penalties to resolve violations in two investigations
Court Orders Philadelphia Home Care Provider To Pay More Than $7m In Back Wages, Damages After Denying Overtime To 1,230 Current, Former Employees
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
Prestige Home Care Agency, owner failed to pay workers for work-related travel
Us Department Of Labor Finds Upstate South Carolina Restaurant Chain Denied Overtime Pay, Recovers $567k In Back Wages, Damages For 215 Employees
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
Us Department Of Labor Finds Upstate South Carolina Restaurant Chain Denied Overtime Pay, Recovers $567k In Back Wages, Damages For 215 Employees
New Jersey Security Company Pays $132k In Back Wages , Damages To 61 Employees After Federal Investigation Finds Workers Misclassified, Denied Overtime Pay
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
New Jersey Security Company Pays $132k In Back Wages , Damages To 61 Employees After Federal Investigation Finds Workers Misclassified, Denied Overtime Pay
Department Of Labor Achieves $ 650,000 Recovery Opinion For 26 Drivers Wrongly Classified As Independent Contractors
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
Romero’s Food Products Inc. denied overtime, other rights and protections of workers
Department Of Labor Obtains Judgment In Recovery Of $650k For 26 Drivers Misclassified As Independent Contractors By Romero’s Food Products Inc.
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
Food manufacturer denied employees overtime wages, other worker rights, protections
As Illegal Migrant Child Labor Surges in U.S., DOL Turns a Blind Eye
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) sent a letter to Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su to request information from the Department of Labor on how it plans to address the alarming increase of illegal child labor in the United States.
Foxx, Good, Walberg: Association Health Plans Help Small Businesses Thrive
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA), and Congressman Tim Walberg (R-MI) made the following statement in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) effort to block Virginia from implementing a law that expands health care access for small businesses:
Chairwoman Foxx Delivers Opening Remarks at Markup to Improve Student Outcomes and Health Care Options for Small Businesses
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at the Committee’s markupto consider four bills: H. Res. 461, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress disapproves of the use of public elementary and secondary school facilities to provide shelter for aliens not admitted to the United States; H.R. 1147, the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023; H.R. 2868, the Association Health Plans Act; and H.R. 2813, the Self-Insurance Protection Act:
Secretary Becerra Set to Testify Before the Committee to Outline HHS’s Budget and Priorities
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
On Tuesday, June 13th, at 10:15 a.m., the Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a full Committee hearing titled “Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Health and Human Services.” Secretary Xavier Becerra will testify at the hearing.
Foxx Grills Su for Attempting to Evade Hearing, Poor Record at DOL
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing examining the policies and priorities of the U.S. Department of Labor:
Chairman Owens to Hold Hearing on Innovation in Postsecondary Education
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
On Wednesday, June 14, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, chaired by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), will hold a hearing titled “Postsecondary Innovation: Preparing Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Opportunities.”
MEDIA ADVISORY: HELP Committee to Hold Hearing on Youth Mental Health Crisis in America
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, chaired by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), will hold a hearing Thursday, June 8 at 10:00 a.m. ET titled, “Why Are So Many American Youth in a Mental Health Crisis? Exploring Causes and Solutions.”
NEWS: Sanders Urges Biden Administration to Act to Lower Price of Alzheimer’s Treatment
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
Companies’ Plan to Charge $26,500 Per Year Could Bankrupt Medicare and America’s Seniors