April 21, 2023

US Department of Labor, Moss & Associates LLC to promote workplace safety, health during construction of Central Florida hotel

Participants:

U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Moss & Associates LLC

University of South Florida On-Site Consultation Program

What:  Strategic Partnership agreement

April 21, 2023

US Department of Labor announces availability of $1M in grants to prevent, respond to workplace gender-based violence, harassment

WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the availability of $1 million in funding for up to four grants to prevent and respond to gender-based violence and harassment against underserved and marginalized women workers.

The Fostering Access, Rights and Equity grants will help survivors and women at high risk for violence and harassment in the workplace.

April 21, 2023

US Department of Labor recovers $260K in back wages for 61 caregivers employed by Sarasota nursing staff agency that denied them overtime

Employer:   CSI Catalano’s Nurses Registry Inc., operating as CSI

Investigation site: 3801 Bee Ridge Road,  Sarasota, FL 34233

April 21, 2023

US Department of Labor awards initial $800K grant to support employment, assistance after severe storms, tornadoes in Mississippi in March 2023

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an initial grant of $800,000 to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security for cleanup and recovery activities after severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes in March 2023 killed 21 people and ravaged towns.

April 21, 2023

US Department of Labor, Virginia-based federal technology solutions contractor reach agreement to resolve alleged hiring discrimination

RESTON, VA The U.S. Department of Labor has reached a settlement agreement with a technology solutions provider to resolve alleged systemic hiring discrimination against Black applicants at the company’s Reston headquarters.

April 21, 2023

Operator of Zaxby’s franchise in Georgia pays $15K in penalties after federal investigation finds child labor violations at Clarksville restaurant

Employer:      Mcdreams Enterprises Inc., operating as Zaxby’s

                        1660 441 Historic Highway N

                        Clarkesville, GA 30523

April 20, 2023

US Department of Labor to honor workers whose jobs claimed their lives, recommit to protecting workers as nation marks Workers Memorial Day

WASHINGTONOn April 28, 1970, the nation first observed Workers Memorial Day at a time when an estimated 38 people died on the job in the U.S. each day. More than a half century later, this annual tribute endures as do the determined efforts of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Mine Safety and Health Administration to help protect the lives of our nation’s workers.

April 20, 2023

US Department of Labor partners with Moss & Associates LLC to promote workplace safety during Pasco County Jail project in Central Florida

Participants:

U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Moss & Associates LLC

University of South Florida On-Site Consultation Program

 

What:             Safety partnership agreement

April 20, 2023

Dollar General again found exposing employees to fire, entrapment hazards, after federal workplace safety inspection at Orlando-area store

WINTER GARDEN, FL – Federal workplace safety inspectors have found Dollar General Corp., one of the nation’s largest discount retailers, exposing its employees and others to unsafe conditions again, this time in Winter Garden, Florida. 

April 20, 2023

Department of Labor finds City of Delray Beach retaliated against inspector for reporting cross-contamination between tap water, reclaimed sewage

DELRAY BEACH, FL – A federal whistleblower investigation has uncovered that Delray Beach retaliated against a city inspector who was fired after finding and reporting faults in the local water system that caused contamination of the public water supply.

April 20, 2023

Department of Labor recovers $272K in back wages from bars, restaurants’ operator who denied full wages to 133 employees at six Omaha locations

OMAHA, NE – A U.S. Department of Labor investigation has recovered $272,163 in overtime back wages for 133 workers employed by an Omaha-based operator of six bars, restaurants and live music venues that used a tip pool illegally, and denied servers and salaried employees correct overtime wages.

April 20, 2023

Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report

In the week ending April 15, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 245,000, an increase of 5,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 239,000 to 240,000. The 4-week moving average was 239,750, a decrease of 500 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 250 from 240,000 to 240,250.

April 19, 2023

US Department of Labor reaches settlement with Prudential Insurance Company of America to revise life insurance practices that denied claims

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a settlement with the Prudential Insurance Company of America — a subsidiary of Prudential Financial Inc. — that will require the financial giant to revise its practices after a federal investigation found the Newark, New Jersey-based company collected life insurance premiums from participants for extended periods, but then denied numerous claims after the participants died, citing the participants’ failure to provide evidence of insurability when they applied for insurance.

April 19, 2023

Consulting firm earns renewed ‘Star’ designation, US Department of Labor recognition of its lengthy commitment to safe, healthy workplaces

Participant:   Hellman & Associates Inc.   

                             11913 West I-70 Frontage Road North

                             Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

April 19, 2023

US Department of Labor finds Mississippi farm willfully disregarded safety standards after South African guest worker suffocates in storage bin

GREENWOOD, MS – Had federal workplace safety regulations been followed at a LeFlore County soybean farm, a South African teenager employed by its operator would have returned home and not suffocated inside a grain bin in October 2022.

April 18, 2023

El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. recupera $167,000 en salarios atrasados y daños para 56 empleados a quienes un operador de restaurantes de Utah les negaba las horas extras

Nombre del empleador:       Jurassic Street Tacos LLC                                       

Lugar de investigación:        242 East University Parkway Orem, UT 84058