ST. LOUIS – Significant minimum wage and overtime violations found at three hotels owned by SASAK Corporation, led the company to sign a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. The agreement requires the St. Louis-area property manager, developer and investor to pay $200,000 in back wages and damages to 51 housekeepers, front desk clerks and laundry service employees.

Event: The U.S. Department of Labor will host an outreach event for current and former nuclear weapons workers and uranium workers in Grand Junction, Colorado, on Tuesday, June 28, 2016. At the meeting, federal representatives will provide information about the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act and the program’s available medical benefits.

Event: The U.S. Department of Labor will host an outreach event for current and former nuclear weapons workers and uranium workers in Moab, Utah, on Wednesday, June 29, 2016. At the meeting, federal representatives will provide information about the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act and the program’s available medical benefits.

Event:  The U.S. Department of Labor and other federal agencies will host four town hall meetings in Idaho for retired, former and current nuclear weapons workers and their survivors. At the meetings, in Pocatello on June 28, 2016, and in Idaho Falls on June 29, 2016, federal representatives will provide information about the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act and the program’s available medical benefits.

Participants: U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division
Virginia Employment Commission

PHOENIX – With sweltering temperatures impacting Phoenix this week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is reminding employers to protect their workers from heat illness.

Employer name: Concrete Supply Co. Inc.

Investigation site: 155 Greencastle Road, Tyrone, Georgia 30290

Investigation findings: Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, Atlanta District Office, found that Concrete Supply Co. violated the overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

In the week ending June 11, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 277,000, an increase of 13,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 264,000. The 4-week moving average was 269,250, a decrease of 250 from the previous week's unrevised average of 269,500.

LIMA, Ohio – For the third time in 10 years, federal safety and health inspectors found employees at a Lima custom sign manufacturing company exposed to respiratory, chemical and paint hazards.

FOREST PARK, Ga. – A 27-year-old laborer’s life ended suddenly because his employer failed to have a competent person inspect the rail supporting a scaffold system nearly 80 feet off the ground for visible defects, an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found. 

Employer name: C&N Do Inc., doing business as Little Italy

Investigation site: 2901 Parkway Blvd., Kissimmee, Florida 34747

WASHINGTON – To commemorate the 10^th anniversary of the enactment of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006, Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Mine Safety and Health Administration Joseph A. Main issued the following statement:

DALLAS – With sweltering temperatures baking Texas this week, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration reminds employers to protect their workers from heat illness.

BALDWIN, Ill. – A 46-year-old worker suffered the amputation of four fingers on his right hand when a feed machine cycled as he reached inside an access door to assist another employee with maintenance. Federal safety inspectors found his employer, Dynegy Midwest Generation LLC, failed to power down the machinery prior to employees servicing the machine.

Date of Action: June 13, 2016

Type of Action: Complaint

Name(s) of Defendants: William P. Bowman

WHAT: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs will hold a teleconference meeting of the Subcommittee on Evidentiary Requirements for Part B Lung Disease to the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act.

WHEN: Wed., June 29, 2016
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. EDT

LINCOLN, Neb. ‒ The deadly fact is this: nearly 40 percent of all deaths in the construction industry are the result of a preventable fall. Yet, some employers continue to ignore the dangers and put their workers at risk of a debilitating or fatal fall.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. ‒ One hour after six workers atop an Eau Claire residential roof donned required safety harnesses to satisfy a federal safety inspection on May 20, 2016, the inspector returned to the site and found the employees working again without proper fall protection and in danger of falls of up to 14 feet.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today the award of more than $1.9 million in grants to recruit, train and retain women in high-skill occupations, such as advanced manufacturing, transportation, energy, construction and information technology.

Participants: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Cleveland Safety Forum