In response to the coronavirus public health emergency, the Department awarded another round of dislocated worker grants, bringing the total amount awarded to states and territories to $222,044,958.

The Wage and Hour Division has guidance for employers on new paid leave requirements under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Loren Sweatt testified before the House Education and Labor Committee’s Workforce Protections Subcommittee about OSHA’s efforts to keep workers safe during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Department of Labor has awarded nearly $24 million through the Job Corps Scholars Program to help at-risk youth learn in-demand job skills.

• Release: OSHA has issued an alert on social distancing
• Release: OSHA has launched a webpage to help construction workers during the coronavirus pandemic
• Release: Georgia’s Department of Human Services has paid $848 in back wages after denying emergency sick leave to an employee
• Release: New Mexico’s Human Services Department will pay back wages after denying a worker sick leave to care for her children due to coronavirus-related circumstances

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The Veterans’ Employment and Training Service launched a new version of the Employer Guide to Hiring Veterans.

Trustees of a multi-employer benefit plan have agreed to pay $431,818 in unpaid benefits to former grocery store workers.

OSHA has cited a Texas chemical manufacturer for safety hazards after a massive explosion and fire, issuing $514,692 in fines.

An Indiana business owner must serve a suspended term of 180 days after Department investigators found he failed to remit employee contributions to their benefit plan.

Fiduciaries for an Iowa trucking company’s retirement plan must restore $35,032 to the plan following a Department investigation.

OSHA cited a tower company after a fatal fall at a Mississippi work site.

OSHA has interim health and safety guidance for workers and employers in work situations that may have a higher risk of exposure to the coronavirus.