News from 2023
Investigation Finds Federal Contractor Misclassified Employees Who Fought 2020, 2021 Wildfires, Denied Them $152k In Overtime Wages, Benefits
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 4, 2023
Firefighters averaged 70-hour workweeks for substandard daily wage rates
Us Department Of Labor Finds Whataburger Restaurant Illegally Denied Nursing Mother Time To Express Breast Milk, Then Fired Her
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 4, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found a corporate-owned location of Whataburger Restaurant LLC failed to provide reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Federal Court Forbids Operators Of 14 Bay Area Subway Stores From Endangering, Threatening Young Workers; Blocking Investigation
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 4, 2023
Workers endure injuries, bounced paychecks, stolen tips, retaliation
Department Of Labor Identifies More Than 170 Child Labor Violations By Operators Of 6 Reno-area Sonic Drive-in Franchise Locations
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 4, 2023
SDI of Neil LLC allowed children to operate dangerous equipment, pays $71K in fines
Department Of Labor Recovers $121k In Back Wages, Damages For 25 Workers Denied Overtime Pay By Minneapolis Home Healthcare Provider
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 4, 2023
Investigation finds employer failed to pay overtime
Costly Retaliation: Vermont Employer Pays $28k In Back Pay, Damages To Illegally Fired Employee Who Sought Unpaid Wages
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 4, 2023
US Department of Labor also recovers $17.3K in unpaid overtime, damages for 17 employees
Readout: Us Department Of Labor Report Finds Stark Gender, Age-based Pay Inequities For Older Women, Whose Share Of The Labor Force Has Increased
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 4, 2023
As the nation marks Older Americans Month, the U.S. Department of Labor welcomed U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell, Lois Frankel, Gwen Moore and Jan Schakowsky for a roundtable discussion on older women in today’s workforce and the findings of two reports by the department’s Women’s Bureau on the unique challenges they face.
@EdWorkforceCmte Announces Markup on Bills to Improve Health Care Options for Small Businesses and Student Outcomes
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 5, 2023
On Tuesday, June 6, at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a markup to consider five 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, Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023, H.R. 2813, Self-Insurance Protection Act, H.R. 2868, Association Health Plans Act, and H.R. 824, Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023.
@EdWorkforceCmte Announces Markup on Bills to Improve Health Care Options for Small Businesses and Student Outcomes
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 5, 2023
On Tuesday, June 6, at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a markup to consider five 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, Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023, H.R. 2813, Self-Insurance Protection Act, H.R. 2868, Association Health Plans Act, and H.R. 824, Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023.
@EdWorkforceCmte To Hold Markup on Bills to Improve Health Care Options for Small Businesses and Student Outcomes — Tomorrow at 10:15A.M.
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 5, 2023
Tomorrow, at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a markup to consider five 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, Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023, H.R. 2813, Self-Insurance Protection Act, H.R. 2868, Association Health Plans Act, and H.R. 824, Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023.
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 | Jun 6, 2023
News Release: WATERLOO, IL ‒ A Breese contractor who ignored a city engineer's repeated verbal and written instructions to use trench cave-in protection faces penalties after federal workplace safety inspectors found the employer failed to protect workers installing storm sewer lines from potentially deadly trench cave-ins on a least five occasions.
Labor Department discusses Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Unemployment Insurance (UI) State Quality Service Plan (SQSP) Planning and Reporting Guidelines on June 5
By DOL Newswire | Jun 6, 2023
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on June 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
@EdWorkforceCmte To Hold Markup on Bills to Improve Health Care Options for Small Businesses and Student Outcomes — Tomorrow at 10:15A.M.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 6, 2023
News Release: Tomorrow, at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a markup to consider five 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...
US Department of Labor finds Dollar General in West Texas exposing employees to fire hazards, other concerns
By DOL Newswire | Jun 6, 2023
News Release: LAMESA, TX - A federal workplace safety inspection at another Dollar General store, this time in Lamesa, found exit routes and walkways blocked and merchandise unsafely stacked, conditions that exposed employees and others to fire hazards and struck-by injuries that have been common cause for violations at the company's stores across the country.
Michigan Man Pleads Guilty in Pandemic Fraud Scheme
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 6, 2023
A resident of Michigan pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of mail fraud and identity theft, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today
Yonkers Man Pleads Guilty to Unemployment Insurance Fraud
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 6, 2023
– Errol Murray, age 22, of Yonkers, New York, pled guilty today to conspiring to defraud the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) by obtaining unemployment insurance benefits under the names of other people, including benefits funded by the federal government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Superseding Indictment Charges Maryland Man with Wire Fraud, Identity Theft, and Drug-Related Counts, in Addition to Original Charges for COVID-19 Cares Act Unemployment Benefits Fraud and Illegal Possession of a Firearm
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 6, 2023
Superseding Indictment Charges Maryland Man with Wire Fraud, Identity Theft, and Drug-Related Counts, in Addition to Original Charges for COVID-19 Cares Act Unemployment Benefits Fraud and Illegal Possession of a Firearm
St. Joseph Woman Pleads Guilty to Using Prison Inmates in Covid Fraud Scheme
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 6, 2023
– A St. Joseph, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to using the stolen identities of prison inmates to fraudulently obtain federal unemployment benefits under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act
Missouri Couple Sentenced for Unlawfully Obtaining COVID-19 Jobless Benefits
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 6, 2023
A St. Charles, Missouri husband and wife were each sentenced to five years of federal probation today after unlawfully obtaining $26,917 in unemployment benefits provided for by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program.
Two Georgians indicted for pandemic-related fraud
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 6, 2023
– A federal grand jury has indicted individuals in two separate cases for fraud related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kenneth Wilkerson was indicted for his fraudulent acquisition of several Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) for small businesses as well as his illegal possession of multiple firearms. Jeremy Graves was indicted for filing multiple fraudulent applications for unemployment insurance benefits using victims’ stolen personal identifying information.