January 4, 2023

US Department of Labor renews ‘Star’ designation of Millstone Power Station for workplace safety, health achievements

Participant:   Millstone Power Station, Waterford, Connecticut.

January 3, 2023

Readout: Secretary Walsh meets with truckers, companies, Teamsters union, officials at Port of Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES – Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh and Deputy Secretary of Labor Julie Su today hosted a roundtable discussion at the Port of Los Angeles about the benefits of having a collective bargaining relationship between truck drivers and employers at the port.  

January 3, 2023

Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. recupera $1.6M para 83 trabajadores de restaurantes de Los Ángeles cuyo empleador les negó pago por horas extra

LOS ANGELES – El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. recuperó $1,651,550 en salarios atrasados y compensación por daños del propietario de siete restaurantes de Los Ángeles que negó a 83 trabajadores el pago por horas extras y mantuvo registros falsos para tratar de ocultar el robo de salarios.

January 3, 2023

US Labor Department recovers $1.6M for 83 restaurant workers whose Los Angeles employer denied them overtime pay; tried to hide wage theft

LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $1,651,550 in back wages and liquidated damages from the owner of seven Los Angeles restaurants who denied 83 workers overtime wages and kept false pay records in an attempt to hide the wage theft.

January 3, 2023

Arby’s franchisee allows teens to work outside of federally allowed limits at 9 South Carolina locations, federal investigation finds

COLUMBIA, SC What began as a child labor investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor at one Arby’s restaurant location in Laurens, expanded to include other restaurants operated by the same business operator who was found to be allowing 65 minor-aged employees to work outside of federally allowed work hours.  

December 29, 2022

US Department of Labor urges employers to enhance workplace safety measures, protect workers from crane hazards following fatality in Guam

DEDEDO, GUAM – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is urging employers in Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands to enhance safety measures to protect workers against crane hazards following a Nov. 25, 2022 crane-related death at the Port Authority of Guam. The incident is currently under investigation.  

December 29, 2022

Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report

In the week ending December 24, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 225,000, an increase of 9,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 216,000. The 4-week moving average was 221,000, a decrease of 250 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised down by 500 from 221,750 to 221,250.

December 28, 2022

US Department of Labor awards $3M grant to support sugarcane workers in Dominican Republic

WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of a $3 million cooperative agreement project to Impactt Limited to increase the capacity of field workers and their families to advocate and organize for the improvement of working and living conditions in the Dominican Republic sugar industry.

December 22, 2022

US Department of Labor finds Texas construction company willfully exposed workers to deadly hazards after trench collapse kills two workers

AUSTIN, TX – A federal investigation has determined that by failing to follow required workplace safety standards, a Georgetown construction contractor gave two workers installing sewer lines in an underground trench – more than two stories deep – little chance of survival when a large section of the excavation collapsed, crushing them under thousands of pounds of soil and rocks.

December 22, 2022

US Department of Labor cites Frisco utility contractor for willful exposure to deadly safety hazards after fatal trench collapse

DALLAS – A federal investigation has determined that a Frisco utility contractor failed to follow required workplace safety standards when it allowed two workers to enter a trench with no protection system. The workers were digging the trench to repair a main sewer line. The trench collapsed and fatally engulfed one employee. The second worker was fortunate to escape.

December 22, 2022

Administrative law judge upholds OSHA citations and penalties to Vermont-based telecommunications contractor in employee’s death

NEW YORK – An administrative law judge with the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission has affirmed U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration citations and $24,290 in penalties issued to Eustis Cable Enterprises Ltd., a Brookfield, Vermont, telecommunications contractor, following the death of an employee at an Andover, New York, worksite.

December 22, 2022

Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report

In the week ending December 17, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 216,000, an increase of 2,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 3,000 from 211,000 to 214,000. The 4-week moving average was 221,750, a decrease of 6,250 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 750 from 227,250 to 228,000.

December 21, 2022

Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. presenta una denuncia contra un restaurante de Middlesboro y su propietario, quien tomó represalias y despidió a un trabajador por contactarse con la agencia de trabajo estatal

Fecha de la acción:   21 de noviembre de 2022

Tipo de acción:   Denuncia contra represalias

Tribunal: Tribunal Distrital de EE. UU. por el Distrito Este de Kentucky

Nombres de los acusados:   Ike’s Artisan Pizza LLC, propiedad de Isaac Martin Ausmus

December 21, 2022

US Department of Labor files complaint against Middlesboro restaurant, owner who retaliated, fired worker for contacting state labor agency

Date of action:  Nov. 21, 2022

Type of action:  Anti-retaliation complaint

Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Names of defendants: Ike’s Artisan Pizza LLC, owner Isaac Martin Ausmus

December 21, 2022

Federal contractor agrees to cooperate with document production for federal compliance review to resolve US Department of Labor lawsuit

CHICAGO The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs entered into a consent decree with Rosemount Inc. of Chanhassen, Minnesota, and its subsidiary, Rosemount Specialty Products LLC.

December 21, 2022

US Department of Labor obtains judgement ordering Winter Haven security company, owner to pay $117K in back wages, damages

TAMPA, FL A federal court ordered a Winter Haven security services company to pay $117,880 in back wages and liquidated damages to 76 employees who the U.S. Department of Labor determined were misclassified as independent contractors.

December 21, 2022

Department of Labor, Balfour Beatty Construction align to promote safety, health during construction of AC Marriott Savannah River District project

SAVANNAH, GAThe U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has signed a strategic partnership with Balfour Beatty Construction to promote worker safety and health during construction of the AC Marriott Hotel project in the Savannah River District.

December 21, 2022

US Department of Labor recovers $38K in back wages, damages for 26 workers at New Hampshire ice cream, food retailer

Employer:    Jamison’s Ice Cream LLC, operating as Sawyer’s Ice Cream

Site:               1933 Lakeshore Road

Gilford, New Hampshire 03249

December 20, 2022

US Department of Labor finds 11 Crumbl Cookies’ franchisees violated child labor regulations in 6 states, affecting 46 minor-aged workers

DALLAS – A federal investigation into child labor violations by franchisees of a Lindon, Utah-based franchise network of a fast-growing national chain of cookie bakeries found 11 operators in six states allowed young employees – many 14 and 15 years of age – to work more than the law permits or in hazardous or prohibited occupations. 

December 19, 2022

Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. recupera $144K en pagos, compensación para 11 mecánicos a los que su taller de llantas negó salarios completos

Empleador:                                        B&R Tires Inc.

Lugar de investigación:                15115 Whittram Ave.