Date of Action: April 17, 2015

Name(s) of Defendants: Steven F. Sonstein,  Cobalt Staffing Inc. and Cobalt Staffing Inc. 401(k) Plan

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration today announced the award of a $41 million, five-year contract to operate the Wind River Job Corps center in Fremont, Wyo. Wind River will be the newest facility in the Job Corps program, which serves disadvantaged young people. The center will feature a state-of-the-art energy technology program, the first of its kind in the nation. The first students are expected to arrive at Wind River Job Corps by the end of 2015.

Contract Amount: $41,408,859

NEW YORK — A Poughkeepsie-based maker and distributor of baby apparel and accessories denied 49 workers overtime pay and then attempted to thwart federal investigators by hiding workers and threatening them if they spoke to U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division agents.

Employer name: Tip Top Roofing & Construction 2030 Coltonville Road, Sycamore, Illinois

Investigation site: 161 John Street, DeKalb, Illinois

Employer name: J&M Energy Services

Inspection Site: Odessa, Texas

Date inspection initiated and what prompted the inspection: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration began the investigation in January, as part of the agency's new reporting requirements for in-patient hospitalization of an employee.

Employer name: Vista Window Company LLC.

Investigation site: 1701 Henn Parkway, Warren, Ohio

Date investigation initiated and what prompted inspection: On Oct. 22, 2014, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Cleveland office initiated an inspection at Vista Window Company LLC after receiving a complaint alleging unsafe working conditions. This was the first OSHA inspection at the Warren-based company which manufactures vinyl windows.

Employer name: Cellu Tissue Neenah operating as Clearwater Paper Neenah

Investigation site: 249 North Lake Street, Neenah, Wisconsin

WELLINGTON, Ohio — The life of a 23-year-old man working at a metal stamping company was changed forever when three fingers on his right hand were crushed in a power press in January 2015.

SEATTLE — Comcast Corporation has entered into a conciliation agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to resolve allegations of sex and race discrimination.

Date of Action: April 20, 2015

Type of Action: Civil Complaint

Names of Defendants: Lance Silva, National Upholstering Company, Inc., and the National Upholstering Company 401(k) Plan

Employer name: K.R. Swerdfeger Construction Inc. and Pate Construction Co. Inc.

Inspection sites: Pueblo and Penrose, Colorado

ARLINGTON, Va. — In the mining industry, death doesn't discriminate between young and old. In February 2014, 24-year-old Arthur Gelentser III died after he was crushed by a continuous mining machine in an underground Virginia coal mine. In November of that year, 67-year-old James Crane was killed when his dump truck tumbled backward 30 feet off an embankment at a sandstone mine in Pennsylvania.

WASHINGTON — Losing a job is often traumatic, especially when the layoff was unexpected and through no fault of the worker. For those struggling with long-term unemployment, the trauma can deepen to despair and frustration as finances dwindle and prospects are limited.

LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against the fiduciaries of the City National Corp. Profit Sharing Plan. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California Western Division, the lawsuit alleges that the plan lost more than $4 million when fiduciaries engaged in self-dealing and conflicted transactions involving plan assets when they caused the plan to pay excessive fees to City National Bank and its affiliates.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A leading maker of soap and shampoo for hotels and retail sale exposed workers to chemical and fire hazards and blocked emergency exit routes, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found in a November 2014 inspection. A company that provided it the manufacturer with temporary employees was cited for chemical-related hazards.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs is publishing for public comment a proposed Black Lung Benefits Act rule that gives coal miners greater access to their health records and requires coal miner owners to pay all benefits due in a claim before the award can be challenged through modification. The NPRM was posted on the Federal Register's website for public inspection today.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez today issued the following statement on Workers' Memorial Day:

WASHINGTON — Safety and health at work is a basic human right, and a necessity for inclusive economic development. The International Labour Organization reports more than 2.3 million people die every year from occupational and work-related injuries and diseases. The human toll of these injuries and diseases is immeasurable. Economic consequences are also substantial, with an estimated annual loss of 4 percent to global gross domestic product.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the state of Missouri will receive a grant worth more than $5 million to explore, develop, and test strategies that improve employment outcomes for young adults in the St. Louis area.

The funding will expand the local network of American Job Centers and encourage greater collaboration between the workforce system and community organizations to better serve area youth with little-to-no work experience or post-secondary education.

WASHINGTON — In response to recent court decisions that have created significant uncertainty around the H-2B temporary foreign nonagricultural worker program, the U.S. Departments of Labor and Homeland Security today announced an interim final rule to reinstate and make improvements to the program and a final rule to establish the prevailing wage methodology for that program.