Date of Action: Dec. 4, 2015

Type of Action: Complaint

Name of Defendant: Community Care Inc. 403(b) Retirement Plan in Dewitt, Iowa

Employer: Leonardo M. Rodriguez, doing business as 3 Amigos Fresh Mexican Grill

Sites: Three Los Angeles-area locations: 365 E. Avenida de los Arboles, Thousand Oaks; 20040 Ventura Boulevard, Woodland Hills; and 139 N. Reino Rd., Newbury Park.

CANTON, Ohio — A teenage worker had his left leg amputated below the knee when his employer illegally allowed him to clean a giblet chiller machine at a Canton chicken processing facility.

Date of Action: Nov. 18, 2015

Type of Action: Fair Labor Standards Act Lawsuit

Names of Defendants: Sunshine Motel Inn LLC; and Rajiv Sauson, an individual

COLONA, Ill. — Workers were overexposed to the solvent methylene chloride and other hazards while they reconditioned bucket trucks at a Colona dealership and repair facility, inspectors from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found. When workers inhale and absorb the solvent through the skin, it can harm the heart and nervous system.

SAN ANTONIO — Gabriel Palacios died after falling 35 feet from a roof while working for San Antonio-based Longhorn Contractors. The company failed to provide appropriate fall protection equipment and training, which led to his death, a federal inspection found.

BARABOO, Wis. — A worker repainting a Baraboo water tower suffered severe injuries when he fell inside the tower to a platform below. Before falling, he had been cleaning and vacuuming debris while two painters sprayed the tower's interior with xylene-based paint.

TAVERAS, Fla. — For employees working with hazardous substances, an oversight can be disastrous — an unfortunate lesson learned by six Florida workers at a Blue Rhino propane tank refurbishing facility in Taveras who were injured during a fire.

Employer name: Wyman Gordon Co., 244 Worcester St., North Grafton, MA 01536

Citations issued: On Dec. 4, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Wyman Gordon for three repeat and 10 serious violations of workplace safety standards at the aerospace parts manufacturer's North Grafton manufacturing plant.

CANTON, Ohio — Federal inspections of Case Farms' processing facilities in Ohio have resulted in an additional $462,000 in penalties for deficiencies in ammonia refrigeration systems at two of the company's Ohio facilities. The leading supplier of fast food and supermarket chicken has racked up more than $1.87 million in fines from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration this year for exposing workers to multiple safety and health violations.

Funding Recipient: National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago

Total Funding: $3 million

Purpose: Implement a project to assess and measure progress in reducing child labor in cocoa-growing communities of Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana

Location: Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana

Territory: Guam

Type of Award: National Dislocated Worker Grant incremental

Incremental Amount Released: $2,174,453

Total Award Amount Approved: $2,722,641

Funding Awarded to: Guam Agency for Human Resources Development

Number of Workers Served: Approximately 215

Employer: Salinas Inc.

Site: 1537 E. McFadden Avenue, Suite G, Santa Ana, California 92705

Date of Action: Dec. 3, 2015

Type of Action: Consent Judgment & Order

Name(s) of Defendant: Stewart Environmental Consultants LLC in Fort Collins, Colorado, and owner David Stewart

Date of Action: Dec. 3, 2015           

Type of Action: Consent judgment

Name(s) of Defendant(s): NW Systems Inc., NW Systems Inc. 401(k) profit-sharing plan and trust, and Nathan Williams

Allegations: Based on an investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration, the Secretary of Labor filed a complaint on Jan. 7, 2015, alleging the following:

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the November 2015 Employment Situation report released today:

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation today released advance informational copies of the 2015 Form 5500 annual return/report and related instructions.  The “Changes to Note” section of the 2015 instructions highlight important modifications to the Form 5500 and Form 5500-SF:

Employers: Able Industries of the Pacific, Inc.

Sites: Formerly located at 341 South Marine Corps Drive, Jay Ease Building Suite 204, in Tamuning, Guam. (Business has closed)

Investigation findings: Able Industries failed to pay legally required health and welfare benefits to hundreds of employees who provided dining, janitorial and maintenance services at several facilities at Anderson Air Force Base and Naval Base Guam from 2011 to 2013 in violation of the Service Contract Act.

Employer name: Symrise Inc., a flavoring and fragrance manufacturer, is located at 172 Industrial Parkway in Branchburg, New Jersey.

Citations issued: On Dec. 1, 2015, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations for two willful and ten serious violations.

Employer name: Anrich Inc., 1271 South Gulph Road in Wayne, Pennsylvania. The company primarily does utility construction and water and sewer pipeline construction.