PALOS PARK, IL – A federal workplace safety investigation has found that a metro-Chicago carpentry contractor with a long history of exposing employees to potentially deadly hazards again ignored regulations to protect workers from falls.

WASHINGTON – El Departamento del Trabajo de los EE. UU. conmemora el 24° aniversario de la Orden ejecutiva 13166, que obliga al gobierno federal a mejorar el acceso a los servicios y programas para las personas con dominio limitado del inglés, y reafirma su compromiso de mejorar la accesibilidad de la comunicación para todos los trabajadores.

SAN DIEGO – El Departamento de Trabajo de Estados Unidos obtuvo un requerimiento judicial preliminar y una orden judicial que prohíbe a una empresa de logística de Calexico amenazar o tomar represalias contra sus trabajadores e interferir aún más con una investigación federal en curso. 

SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a preliminary injunction and court order forbidding a Calexico logistics company from threatening or retaliating against its workers and further interfering with an ongoing federal investigation. 

Date of action:                       Aug. 6, 2024

Type of action:                      Decision and order 

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor is marking the 24th anniversary of Executive Order 13166 – which requires the federal government to improve access to services and programs for persons with limited English proficiency – and affirming its commitment to improving communication accessibility for all workers.

Date of action:           June 28, 2024

Type of action:          Consent judgment

Employer name:       Ikaros Gourmet Co., operating as Simon’s Food Concessions

Employers:    Dada Guru Hospitality Inc. operating as Quality Inn, Jackson, Michigan

                             Prakash Patel

ALBANY, NY – After receiving citations requiring it to correct existing fall hazards at its Chester warehouse, and paying $17,403 in penalties, Adidas America Inc. - maker of one of the world’s best-selling sneakers - now faces an additional $396,377 in penalties for continuing to ignore U.S. Department of Labor workplace safety standards.

Employers:                Old Woodward Ventures LLC, operating as Luxe Bar & Grill

                                         Kara Bongiovanni

In the week ending August 3, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 233,000, a decrease of 17,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 249,000 to 250,000. The 4-week moving average was 240,750, an increase of 2,500 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 250 from 238,000 to 238,250.

WASHINGTON – The Department of Labor and the General Services Administration today announced a collaborative effort to centralize government benefits information on USA.gov and USAGov en Español, which will offer a new benefits experience for the public in English and Spanish. Benefits.gov, a website managed and hosted by the depar

JACKSONVILLE, TX – Despite receiving warnings and citations for more than a decade, a Jacksonville pallet manufacturer’s history of failing to protect employees from the risk of amputation continues, a U.S. Department of Labor follow-up inspection has found. 

WASHINGTON – The Department of Labor today announced its Wage and Hour Division will offer contracting agencies, contractors, unions, workers and other stakeholders an opportunity to attend an online seminar on Aug. 29 on requirements for paying prevailing wages on federally funded construction and service contracts.

OKLAHOMA CITY - An Edmond contractor with a history of workplace safety violations dating back to 2018, including three related to the dangers in underground trenches, was found disregarding U.S. Department of Labor regulations.

PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a federal consent judgment requiring a Philadelphia-based home care services provider to pay 66 home health aides $129,697 in back wages and damages after investigations and litigation confirmed the employer willfully denied them overtime pay. 

SOUTH BEND, IN – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a permanent injunction and order forbidding the owner and operator of 61 Mega Liquor & Smoke stores in Indiana and Michigan from retaliating against workers who cooperate with U.S.

Date of action:                       May 24, 2024

Type of action:                      Consent judgment 

Employers:    Ware Landscaping, Naperville, Illinois

                             Michael Ware, owner

Action:           U.S. Department of Labor complaint and consent judgment filing

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an initial award of $800,000 in emergency dislocated worker grant funding to support cleanup and recovery activities in response to the South Fork and Salt forest fires that began in New Mexico’s Otero County on June 17, 2024. Spreading quickly, the fires have already devastated more than 25,000 acres of mountain forest land, and about 1,400 structures and 500 homes in Lincoln and Otero counties and on the Mescalero Tribe Reservation.