OKLAHOMA CITY – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will recognize Workers’ Memorial Day on April 28 by holding various events throughout the country.

DALLAS – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will recognize Workers’ Memorial Day on April 28 by holding various events throughout the country.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will recognize Workers’ Memorial Day by participating in various events throughout the country.

LINCOLN, Neb. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will recognize Workers’ Memorial Day by participating in various events throughout the country.

WICHITA, Kan. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will recognize Workers’ Memorial Day by participating in various events throughout the country.

MADISON, Wis. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will recognize Workers’ Memorial Day by participating in various events throughout the country.

ROCKFORD, Ill. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will recognize Workers’ Memorial Day by participating in various events throughout the country.

PEORIA, Ill. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will recognize Workers’ Memorial Day by participating in various events throughout the country.

CLEVELAND – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will recognize Workers’ Memorial Day by participating in various events throughout the country on Friday, April 28.

ATLANTA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will recognize Workers’ Memorial Day on April 28 at 3 p.m. CDT by participating in a memorial at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 429 in Nashville, Tennessee.

ATLANTA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will recognize Workers’ Memorial Day on April 28 at 10 a.m. EDT by participating in an observance at the Old State Capitol building in Raleigh, North Carolina.

ATLANTA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will recognize Workers’ Memorial Day on April 28 by participating in an observance in Lancaster, Kentucky.

ATLANTA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will recognize Workers’ Memorial Day on April 28 by participating in four separate commemorative events throughout Florida.

ATLANTA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will recognize Workers’ Memorial Day on April 28 at 9 a.m. CDT by participating in a training event at the Alabama Workforce Training Facility in Birmingham, Alabama.

BOSTON – An administrative law judge with the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission has ruled that two Massachusetts contractors – A.C. Castle Construction Co. Inc. and Daryl Provencher, doing business as Provencher Home Improvements – were operating as a single employer at a Wenham worksite when three employees were injured in October 2014.

Date of Action: April 11, 2017

Type of Action: Consent order and judgment

Names of Defendant: Michael E. Weinhagen
Weinhagen Tire Co. Inc.
Weinhagen Tire Co. Inc. 401(k) Plan

Findings: Michael E. Weinhagen is the sole owner and president of St. Paul, Minnesota-based Weinhagen Tire Co. and the fiduciary to the Weinhagen Tire Co. Inc. 401(k) Plan.

In the week ending April 15, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 244,000, an increase of 10,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 234,000. The 4-week moving average was 243,000, a decrease of 4,250 from the previous week's unrevised average of 247,250.

State: California

Type of Award: National Dislocated Worker Grant

Initial Amount Approved: $3,200,000

Incremental Amount Awarded: $1,660,430

Funding Awarded to: The NOVA Workforce Board

Number of Workers Served: Approximately 920

State: California

Type of Award: National Dislocated Worker Grant

Initial Amount Approved: $11,000,000

Incremental Amount Awarded: $3,000,000

Funding Awarded to: California Employment Development Department

Number of Workers Served: Approximately 550

SAN DIEGO – The CEO of a leading U.S. staffing company will pay a former live-in domestic service worker $135,000 in back wages and damages under the terms of a consent judgment entered into the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.