» Vermont restaurant retaliated against server, underpaid workers, violated child labor provisions, US Department of Labor investigation finds
24/04/24 05:00 from DOL News Releases and Briefs
MANCHESTER, NH – A Vermont restaurant server will receive $50,000 in punitive damages and $829 in back pay, after a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation found the employer retaliated against them by terminating t...
» Department of Labor highlights more than 1,000 planned clean energy projects with potential for good-paying jobs on new interactive map
24/04/24 05:00 from DOL News Releases and Briefs
WASHINGTON – The Department of Labor today announced the launch of an interactive map to help workers, unions and the public learn more about the tens of thousands of jobs being created nationwide by more than 1,000 planned clean energy ...
» Department of Labor recovers nearly $85K in owed wages for 32 mobile home transportation drivers, laborers misclassified as independent contractors
24/04/24 05:00 from DOL News Releases and Briefs
Employer name: Paredes Inc., operating as Superior ServiceInvestigation sites: 75 Garrett Trail Maxwell, TX 78656Investigation findings: The U.S. D...
» El Departamento de Trabajo recupera casi $85K para 32 conductores de transporte erróneamente clasificados como contratistas independientes
24/04/24 05:00 from DOL News Releases and Briefs
Nombre del empleador: Paredes Inc., que opera como Superior ServiceSitios de investigación: 75 Garrett Trail Maxwell, TX 78656Ha...
» Department of Labor obtains judgment ordering contractor to pay nearly $1.2M in wages, damages, penalties for illegal employment practices
23/04/24 05:00 from DOL News Releases and Briefs
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment in federal court that orders a Virginia concrete contractor to pay nearly $1.2 million in back wages, damages and penalties after its investigation found the emplo...
» Department of Labor again cites Hanover Foods for exposing workers to dozens of safety, health hazards; proposes $761K in penalties
23/04/24 05:00 from DOL News Releases and Briefs
CENTRE HALL, PA – The U.S. Department of Labor has again found Hanover Foods Corp., a large food manufacturer with a history of hazardous workplace safety practices, in violation of dozens of safety and health hazards at its Centre Hall ...
» Biden-Harris administration announces rule to protect retirement savers’ interests by updating investment advice fiduciary definition
23/04/24 05:00 from DOL News Releases and Briefs
WASHINGTON – The Biden-Harris administration announced today that the U.S. Department of Labor has finalized its Retirement Security Rule to protect the millions of workers who are saving for retirement diligently and rely on advice from...
» US Department of Labor cites 2 Florida construction contractors after finding lack of crane safety protocols led to 37-year-old employee’s fatal injuries
23/04/24 05:00 from DOL News Releases and Briefs
ORLANDO, FL – Federal workplace safety investigators have determined that a Tampa-area construction contractor could have prevented a 37-year-old aerial lift operator from suffering fatal injuries after being struck by a boom as a crane ...
» Biden-Harris administration finalizes rule to increase compensation thresholds for overtime eligibility, expanding protections for millions of workers
23/04/24 05:00 from DOL News Releases and Briefs
WASHINGTON – The Biden-Harris administration today announced a final rule that expands overtime protections for millions of the nation’s lower-paid salaried workers by increasing the salary thresholds required to exempt a salaried bona f...
» Tamuning contractor faces $1M in penalties after federal inspectors find employees again exposed to potentially fatal trench hazards
23/04/24 05:00 from DOL News Releases and Briefs
TIYAN, GUAM ‒ A contractor with a history of failing to protect employees working in trenches from potentially deadly harm faces penalties of more than $1 million after federal investigators found employees working in trenches deeper tha...
» Federal court orders 4 Arizona contractors to pay over $3.2M in owed wages, damages to 890 workers after Department of Labor investigations
22/04/24 05:00 from DOL News Releases and Briefs
PHOENIX – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that efforts to protect residential construction workers from unlawful pay practices have recovered a total of $3.2 million in wages and damages from four Arizona contractors for 890...
» Mine manager pleads guilty to second-degree manslaughter for recklessly operating crane that killed Grafton mine mechanic
19/04/24 05:00 from DOL News Releases and Briefs
TROY, NY – An upstate New York court accepted a mine manager’s guilty plea today to manslaughter in the second degree, a Class C felony. Anthony Valente, a mine manager at a Grafton limestone quarry, admitted to causing Darren Miller’s d...
» Statement from Acting Secretary Julie Su on the Volkswagen plant in Tennessee
19/04/24 05:00 from DOL News Releases and Briefs
WASHINGTON – In a statement today, Acting Secretary Julie Su joined President Joe Biden in congratulating Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee who voted to unionize on April 19, 2024:“I want to congratulate the workers at Volkswa...
» US Department of Labor recovers $447K in back wages, damages for 60 grocery workers denied overtime by Kern County employer
18/04/24 05:00 from DOL News Releases and Briefs
SACRAMENTO, CA – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $447,952 in back wages and damages from the operator of three Kern County grocery stores for 60 workers after a federal investigation found the employer illegally withheld overt...
» Departamento de Trabajo recupera $447,000 para 60 trabajadores de tiendas de alimentos a los que empleador en condado de Kern no pagó horas extras
18/04/24 05:00 from DOL News Releases and Briefs
SACRAMENTO, CA. El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. recuperó $447,952 en salarios y compensación por daños a operador de tres tiendas de alimentación del condado de Kern para 60 trabajadores después de que una investigación federal desc...
» Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report
18/04/24 05:00 from DOL News Releases and Briefs
In the week ending April 13, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 212,000, unchanged from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 211,000 to 212,000. The 4-week m...
» Department of Labor to host online forum May 8-9 for employers, workers, other stakeholders on compliance with federal workplace regulations
17/04/24 05:00 from DOL News Releases and Briefs
WHO: U.S. Department of Labor WHAT: 2024 Forum: “Ensuring a Strong Foundation of Compliance with Federal Labor Laws in Construction”WHEN: May 8-9, 2024 9 a.m. to...
» El Departamento de Trabajo organizará un foro en línea el 8 y 9 de mayo sobre el cumplimiento de las normas federales en el lugar de trabajo
17/04/24 05:00 from DOL News Releases and Briefs
QUIÉN: Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. QUÉ: Foro 2024: “Asegurando una base sólida de cumplimiento con las leyes de trabajo federales en la construcción”CUÁNDO: ...
» The morning read for Friday, December 29
29/12/23 04:20 from SCOTUSblog
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: US Supreme Court officially asked to take up Trump’s 14th Amendment issue (...
» Colorado G.O.P. asks justices to review Trump ballot eligibility
28/12/23 10:40 from SCOTUSblog
Lawyers for Colorado’s Republican Party came to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, asking the justices to overturn a ruling by that state’s highest court that would leave former President Donald Trump off Colorado’s primary ballot in 2024 b...