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A Second Chance Set This Worker on the Path to Career Success
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
A Second Chance Set This Worker on the Path to Career Success
Revision To Seasonal Adjustment Factors
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Revision To Seasonal Adjustment Factors
Biden-harris Administration Announces $80m In Funding Available To Develop, Strengthen, Scale Equitable Pathways To Good Infrastructure Jobs
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
To maximize the impact of the Biden-Harris administration’s historic infrastructure, manufacturing and clean energy investments, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced the availability of $80 million in funding through its Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs Grant Program.
2023 Unified Mine Rescue Rules and Resources
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
2023 Unified Mine Rescue Rules and Resources
Enclosed Cabs Health Alert
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Enclosed Cabs Health Alert
Revision To Seasonal Adjustment Factors
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Revision To Seasonal Adjustment Factors
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 9, 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 alleges Palm Beach medical transportation company misclassified employees as independent contractors, denied them overtime pay
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 9, 2023
he 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 to host online forum for employers, contractors, workers, other stakeholders on workplace compliance, other issues
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 9, 2023
Attendance is free, but registration is required. An event link will be provided after registration.
1st Circuit Court of Appeals clarifies law governing administrative exemption consistent with US Department of Labor
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 9, 2023
On June 28, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor filed suit against Unitil Service Corp. in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire, claiming that Unitil Service had misclassified two categories of employees – Electrical Distribution Dispatchers and Gas Controllers – as exempt from the overtime protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act and seeking back wages for those employees.
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 9, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found the employer failed to include compulsory service charges - a mandatory 20 percent service charge to all members for food and beverage services - in their employees’ regular rate of pay.
US Department of Labor recovers $50K for North, South Carolina gas station workers, assesses $16K penalty for repeated violations
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 9, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found the employer – operator of seven North and South Carolina gas stations and convenience stores – illegally deducted cash drawer shortages from employees’ wages.
US Department of Labor recovers $114K for 92 workers after investigation finds Houston car wash chain denied overtime wages
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 9, 2023
Investigation findings: Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found the employer paid straight time for hours worked without any overtime premium for hours over 40 in a workweek and did not include sales commissions in the regular rate for overtime purposes, both violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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 9, 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.
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 9, 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 – which led the worker to suffer injury when he became entangled in the gears of a powered wood processing machine.
PBGC Approves Supplemented SFA Application for NYS Teamsters Conference Plan
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 9, 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).
US Department of Labor recovers $108K from Alabama-based contractor for 21 workers in Jacksonville illegally denied overtime wages
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 9, 2023
he U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found the employer wrongly classified workers as exempt from overtime.
PBGC Approves Supplemented SFA Application for Local 783 Plan
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 9, 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 Local 681 Plan
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 9, 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 Union 681 Pension Plan (Local 681 Plan).
PBGC Approves Supplemented SFA Application for Teamsters Local 52 Plan
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 9, 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 Teamsters Local Union No. 52 Pension Fund (Teamsters Local 52 Plan).