SACRAMENTO, CA – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $447,952 in back wages and damages from the operator of three Kern County grocery stores for 60 workers after a federal investigation found the employer illegally withheld overtime wages for hours over 40 in a workweek.

In the week ending April 13, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 212,000, unchanged from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 211,000 to 212,000. The 4-week moving average was 214,500, unchanged from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 250 from 214,250 to 214,500.

QUIÉN:          Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. 

QUÉ:              Foro 2024: 

WHO:             U.S. Department of Labor 

WHAT:          2024 Forum: 

                        “Ensuring a Strong Foundation of Compliance with Federal Labor Laws in Construction”

WHEN:          May 8-9, 2024

Date of action:           April 15, 2024

Type of action:          Consent judgment and order  

WASHINGTON – When the nation first observed Workers Memorial Day on April 28, 1970, an estimated 38 U.S. workers suffered fatal on-the-job injuries each day and many more endured debilitating respiratory diseases and other life-altering illnesses related to workplace exposures. 

FRANKLIN, OH ‒ An Ohio subsidiary of one of the world’s largest automotive suppliers could have prevented a 26-year-old employee in Franklin from being fatally crushed in October 2023 if the company had provided proper machine guarding. 

Employer name:       

John Mirza Landscaping Inc.  

Employer address:    

49 Spring Valley Road

Montvale, NJ 07645 

UNIONTOWN, PA – Acting Secretary Julie Su today made the following remarks during an announcement of the department’s issuance of a final rule by its Mine Safety and Health Administration to reduce miners’ exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust:

(As prepared for delivery)

“Thank you so much Dave, for that introduction and for sharing your story today. It’s great to be in Uniontown and I want to thank the United Mine Workers District 2 for hosting us. 

WASHINGTON: El Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. ha anunciado hoy que su Administración de Seguridad y Salud Minera (Mine Safety and Health Administration, MSHA) ha publicado una norma definitiva para proteger mejor a los mineros del país de los peligros para la salud asociados a la exposición a la sílice cristalina respirable, también conocida como polvo de sílice o polvo de cuarzo. 

LINCOLN, NE ‒ Fifteen years after the fatal, work-related incident that took the life of Waverly High Alumni Tonya Malley Ford’s uncle, she has turned her family’s loss into a national event. 

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration has issued a final rule to better protect the nation’s miners from health hazards associated with exposure to respirable crystalline silica, also known as silica dust or quartz dust.  

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced today that its Employee Benefits Security Administration is proposing to collect information from plan administrators on a voluntarily basis to establish an online search tool to help America’s workers locate lost retirement savings they earned. 

Employer name:       Day-Debut Mechanical Inc.

Employer address:    22421 Goshen School Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20882

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Making the trip from Mexico to South Florida, a 26-year-old man arrived in September 2023, ready to start a new job on a sugar cane farm in Belle Glade. Four days later, he suffered fatal heat-related injuries while working in an open field as the heat index reached 97 degrees.

BIRMINGHAM, AL – A series of U.S.

LIBERTYTOWN, MD. Las personas empleadas por un subcontratista de plomería de Libertytown que trabajaron en un proyecto de construcción de Woodyard Station pueden optar a recibir su parte de los USD 156,495 en salarios y beneficios adicionales recuperados por una investigación del Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU.

WEST COVINA, CA – Eb' li nakek'anjelak chaq sa' li oob' (5) chi ninqi k'ay re kaxlan aran La Puente ut City of Industry se' California naru' naketz'aqon sa' li $3.8 millones chi tumin re lix tojb'aleb' maji' xetoje' reheb' ut lix q’ajkamunkileb’  xb'aan li majewaak xexk'ul chaq, xtawman li tumin a'an sa' xk'ab'aheb' ut a'an Li Roq Ruq'il li Awab'ejil chirix li K’anjelak re li tenamit Estados Unidos li kipleetin  chaq rix choq reheb'.

WEST COVINA, CA – Aye aq´unal nchi aq´unan kyoje jwe’ ja te aq’unab’il nchi b´inchen eky´ toj California ex toj La Puente ex toj City Industry ch´ime at k’as kye tib’ajxe $3.8 millones kyi´je pwaq na´mx txi chjet kye ex ti´jo jni’ ma b´aj kyi´j ti´j tb´i ja kye aq´unel te Estados Unidos.

WELLSVILLE, KS – Federal workplace safety inspectors found a Kansas roofing contractor again putting its employees at risk of falls from elevation — the construction industry’s deadliest hazard — by not providing required protective equipment at two residential worksites in October 2023.