WASHINGTON – The Department of Labor today announced that its Federal Black Lung Program will host an outreach event in Greenville, Kentucky, on May 20 for current and former coal miners suffering disabilities related to black lung disease and their families to assist them in filing or refile claims for benefits. 

NEW YORK – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment to recover $152,000 in back wages and liquidated damages for nine people employed by a Bronx medical care provider that routinely failed to pay them overtime for hours over 40 in a workweek because their employer wrongly classified them as exempt from certain federal regulations.

WASHINGTON – The Department of Labor today announced that its Office of Disability Employment Policy has chosen “Access to Good Jobs for All” as the theme for National Disability Employment Awareness Month, which will be observed in October. 

NDEAM annually celebrates the contributions of the nation’s disabled workers and showcases supportive, inclusive policies and practices that benefit employees and employers alike. 

BRAINTREE, MA – The U.S. Department of Labor has determined that a Watertown roofing contractor again violated federal regulations for fall protections, following a workplace safety investigation into how an employee suffered fatal injuries after falling about 27 feet as they tried to carry materials and climb a ladder jack scaffold at a Brighton work site in September 2023.

Employer:      Renee’s Helping Hands 

                         Indianapolis, IN

Employer:                     LBB Progress Ridge LLC, operating as Little Big Burger 

                                      12345 SW Horizon Blvd. Ste #41

                                      Beaverton, OR 97007 

Type of action:                      Consent judgment and order

Name of defendants:            LBB Progress Ridge LLC

Amergent Hospitality Group Inc.

Fred Glick

ORLANDO, FL – For the third time in five years, a federal investigation has found the operator of multiple psychiatric and rehabilitation facilities, has had workers seriously injured or killed in violent patient attacks, including an employee who suffered serious injuries caused by a patient at a Melbourne location.

WASHINGTON – Sa' jun reheb' li jwal nimla sumk'uub' re li muxek sa' li tojleb' li maajunwa' chaq kik'ulman choq reheb' li nakek'anjelak sa' li ninqi k'ay re kaxlan re Estados Unidos, jun li raqleb'aal aatin re li awab'ejilal sa' li tenamit Los Angeles kixk'e jun li taql raqb'a aatin li naxtaqla xyeeb'al re li Fu Qian Chen Lu, li Bruce Shu Hua Lok ut wankeb'

WASHINGTON – Tojo jni’ kawb’il tz’ib’in te chojb’il jni’ nb’an, qa at nya’ b’an xb’an ku’un xjal b’ajxa o chi tzyet kye aq’unal  Estados Unidos b’i’nl te tqa’nil qa nya’ b’a’n jun ti’ xb’an  Estados Unidos, o tzaj q’um’an  Los Ángeles ex o b’ant jun o b’an jun ‘un te tz’yb’ajtzajil ex b’i’n tu’n  Fu Qian Chen Lu, Bruce Shu Hua Lok ex jni’qe txqantl

SOUTH BEND, IN – The operator of 61 liquor stores in two states must pay $354,633 in back wages and damages to 156 employees, post a statement and play a recorded video message to inform workers of their right to cooperate with federal wage investigators and notify them that he is subject to a federal lawsuit for retaliating against workers and failing to pay required wages, a U.S. District Court has ordered. 

WASHINGTON – En uno de los mayores acuerdos por infracción salarial jamás alcanzados para trabajadores avícolas de EE.UU., un tribunal federal de Los Ángeles ha distado una sentencia de consentimiento que ordena a Fu Qian Chen Lu, Bruce Shu Hua Lok y otros, como propietari

Who:               U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division          

                        South Carolina Human Affairs Commission

                        South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation

What:             Labor law webinar for National Waitstaff Day 

In the week ending May 4, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 231,000, an increase of 22,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 208,000 to 209,000. The 4-week moving average was 215,000, an increase of 4,750 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 250 from 210,000 to 210,250.

WASHINGTON – The Department of Labor has taken an important step in addressing the dangers of workplace heat and moved closer to publishing a proposed rule to reducing the significant health risks of heat exposure for U.S. workers in outdoor and indoor settings. 

WASHINGTON – The Department of Labor today announced strategic changes to the structure of its Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s regional operations designed to direct its resources effectively and make the agency more resilient. 

WASHINGTON – An administrative law judge has upheld the findings of a U.S. Department of Labor investigation into the employment practices of a Bowie, Maryland concrete subcontractor and its owners that found the employers wrongly classified workers on a federally funded affordable housing project in the District of Columbia in violation of federal regulations.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is encouraging construction industry employers and workers across the nation to take part in its 11th annual National Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction from May 6-10. The event focuses attention on preventing the industry’s leading cause of worker deaths.

FREMONT, NE – Responding to an employer’s report that a worker needed hospitalization after being struck by a semi-tractor-trailer and suffering severe injuries at a Fremont grain yard, federal workplace safety inspectors identified 23 violations by the worker’s employer, including failing to protect workers from being struck by moving vehicles.

Nombre del empleador:       Mi Casita Mexican Restaurant Inc., que opera bajo el nombre comercial El Lorito

Sitios de investigación:        3105 S 70th St. 

Employer name:               Mi Casita Mexican Restaurant Inc., operating as El Lorito 

Investigation sites:         3105 S 70th St. 

                                                  Fort Smith, AR 72903