March 13, 2024

US Department of Labor recovers $479K in back wages for workers with temporary visas, US workers at Missouri vegetable farm

PARK HILLS, MO – A Park Hills vegetable farming and packing operation will pay $479,983 in back wages to 208 workers, following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.

March 13, 2024

US Department of Labor will offer training, compliance assistance at 2024 Central Alabama Construction Safety Conference, Expo

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

What:             2024 Central Alabama Construction Safety Conference and Expo

When:             March 14, 2024

March 12, 2024

Department of Labor inspection finds Hanover Foods subsidiary exposing South Jersey employees to workplace safety dangers, proposes $463K penalty

VINELAND, NJ – A Vineland subsidiary of Hanover Foods Corp., a prominent northeast food manufacturer, allowed workers to service and clean equipment without having procedures in place to stop machinery from starting unexpectedly, a recent federal investigation has found.

March 12, 2024

READOUT: US Department of Labor, Dominican Republic renew partnership to protect workplace rights for its citizens employed in the US

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor and Dominican Republic government representatives today renewed a partnership to strengthen collaboration with the Caribbean nation’s U.S. embassy and consulates to provide its citizens with useful information about U.S. laws protecting their workplace safety and health, wages and work hours and other employment matters. 

March 12, 2024

US Department of Labor to hold West Virginia events for current, former coal miners with black lung disease, their families

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Federal Black Lung Program will host three outreach events in West Virginia on March 19-21, 2024, for current and former coal miners disabled by black lung disease, and their families, to file or refile claims for benefits. 

March 12, 2024

US Department of Labor recovers $155K in back wages, damages from Kansas supermarket for 158 workers denied overtime

Employer:      Supermart El Torito Inc.

                        1409 Central Avenue

                         Kansas City, KS 

 

March 12, 2024

US Department of Labor releases research on continued economic effects of job segregation, pay disparities on Black, Hispanic women

WASHINGTON – New research released today by the U.S. Department of Labor reveals that Black women lost $42.7 billion in wages compared to white men in 2023, and Hispanic women lost $53.3 billion in wages. These losses are driven entirely by the fact that Black and Hispanic women are concentrated disproportionately in jobs that, on average, pay lower wages than those held by white men.

March 11, 2024

Federal investigators cite Butler County, Pennsylvania, company for exposing workers to hazards after employee suffers fatal injuries

VALENCIA, PA A federal investigation has determined a Valencia finishing company could have prevented a 46-year-old supervisor from suffering fatal injuries in September 2023 by following required safety standards.

March 11, 2024

US Department of Labor awards $8.3M in funding to Kentucky to support continued clean up, recovery after recent tornadoes, widespread devastation

WASHINGTON –The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an incremental award of $8.3 million to the commonwealth of Kentucky to support continued disaster-relief jobs, and employment and training services in response to tornadoes in December 2021 and severe flooding in July 2022.

March 11, 2024

Statement by Acting Secretary Su on President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget

WASHINGTON — The Biden-Harris administration today released the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2025.

March 11, 2024

Vice President Harris, Acting Secretary Su traveled to Wisconsin to announce Executive Order to expand Registered Apprenticeship

WASHINGTON – Vice President Kamala Harris and Acting Secretary Julie Su traveled to Madison, Wisconsin on March 6, 2024, to announce the Biden-Harris administration’s Executive Order to Expand Registered Apprenticeships to help create more Registered Apprenticeship programs in the federal workforce, encourage agencies to suppor

March 11, 2024

Employer might have prevented fatal forklift incident at Logan International Airport by ensuring proper safeguards, Department of Labor finds

 

BRAINTREE, MA  The Aug. 29, 2023, fatal injury of a forklift operator at Boston’s Logan International Airport may have been prevented if his employer, a Rochester, New York-based maintenance firm, had ensured proper safeguards for operating and maintaining forklifts, a U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspection has found.

March 8, 2024

US Labor Department cites Atlanta chemical manufacturer for endangering workers; proposes $289K in penalties for 67 violations

ATLANTA – The U.S. Department of Labor has cited an Atlanta chemical manufacturer with a staggering 67 serious violations and a proposed penalty of $289,439 for exposing workers to a series of workplace dangers associated with chemicals and struck-by hazards.

March 8, 2024

Statement by Acting Secretary of Labor Su on February jobs report

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su issued the following statement on the February 2024 Employment Situation report: 

“Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the American economy added 275,000 jobs in February. Our economy has added 14.9 million jobs since President Biden took office. The unemployment rate was 3.9 percent in February, continuing a trend of two straight years of a jobless rate below 4 percent. 

March 7, 2024

US Department of Labor investigation cites Red Barn Truck Wash after three workers injured, one fatally, from exposure to harmful gases

LIBERAL, KS – Federal investigators determined a Liberal truck washing company failed to protect workers from hydrogen sulfide gas as they entered over-the-road tanker trailers to clean them out, causing one worker’s fatal injuries and hospitalizing two co-workers. 

March 7, 2024

US Department of Labor announces availability of $312M in grants to support Senior Community Service Employment Program

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that approximately $312 million is available in grant funding for organizations to provide community service and offer work-based learning to older workers through the Senior Community Service Employment Program. 

March 7, 2024

Massachusetts, New Hampshire frozen yogurt business pays $10K in punitive damages, $1,978 in back pay to employee who asserted their rights to tips

BOSTON – When the owner of three Tutti Frutti frozen yogurt shops in Massachusetts and New Hampshire terminated an employee who asserted their rights to the tips they had earned, the company violated anti-retaliation provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and found themselves facing costly consequences after a U.S.

March 7, 2024

Department of Labor recovers $129K in wages, damages for 26 home healthcare workers denied overtime by employer

Employer:      Family Hands Adult Care Facility LLC 

                        10016 LaSalle Ave.

March 7, 2024

Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report

In the week ending March 2, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 217,000, unchanged from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 2,000 from 215,000 to 217,000. The 4-week moving average was 212,250, a decrease of 750 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 500 from 212,500 to 213,000

March 6, 2024

Department of Labor settlement agreement affirms citations, $299K penalty against Pennsylvania company for hazards at South Jersey site

MILLVILLE, NJ – The U.S. Department of Labor has reached a settlement to resolve litigation against a Pennsylvania manufacturer that followed a safety and health investigation. The investigation resulted in 17 affirmed violations of federal workplace safety standards at the Regal Industrial Corp. in Millville in 2022.