WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Labor today filed an administrative complaint against INA Bearing Company of Fort Mill, S.C. The complaint alleges that INA discriminated against 567 minority job applicants for skilled and semi-skilled manufacturing jobs at the Company’s Cheraw, S.C. facility. The complaint also alleges that INA discriminated against 62 women by hiring them but assigning them to low-paying jobs.

BALTIMORE, Md.—The U.S. Department of Labor today filed an administrative complaint and a consent decree to compel a company providing waste services to the U.S. Postal Service in the Baltimore area to comply with its equal employment opportunity responsibilities as a federal contractor.

Under terms of the consent decree, which must be approved by an administrative law judge, the company will be barred from bidding on additional federal contract work locally for six months.

Reforms Will Ensure More Transparency, Accountability to Union Members

WASHINGTON—End of year statistics released by the Employment Standards Administration for its Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) show the agency’s enforcement efforts and compliance assistance plans worked to benefit nearly 1.5 million workers employed by contractors reviewed this year. More than 4,000 OFCCP investigations resulted in nearly $24 million for approximately 9,000 victims of unlawful discrimination in the workplace.

Wage and Hour Division Recovers $175 Million for Workers

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that $175 million in back wages collected for 263,593 workers in FY 2002 is the largest amount collected by the department in 10 years. The Employment Standards Administration’s Wage and Hour Division achieved a 33 percent increase over FY 2001 in back wages as well as increases in the number of concluded cases and enforcement hours.

Company to Pay $582,000 in Back Wages for Overtime

WASHINGTON—Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. of Chesapeake, Va., which operates more than 2000 stores nationwide, is paying $582,000 in back wages and interest to some 3,650 current and former employees following a determination by the U.S. Department of Labor that the company failed to pay overtime to certain workers from May 12, 2000 through May 11, 2002.

WASHINGTON – For their efforts to foster workplace diversity, eleven companies and organizations were honored today by the U.S. Department of Labor at an annual awards ceremony hosted by the department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP).

Three awards—the Secretary of Labor’s Opportunity Award, Exemplary Volunteer Efforts (EVE), and Exemplary Public Interest Contributions (EPIC)—were presented to recognize excellence and leadership in the implementation of effective equal employment opportunity standards.

Legislation Passed Last Night Will Improve Service Delivery

WASHINGTON - Legislation passed last night will permanently transfer responsibility for all claims under the Black Lung Benefits Act to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP). Since 1997, OWCP has handled claims filed prior to 1974, statutorily assigned to the Social Security Administration (SSA).

GOLDEN, Colo. – A Colorado-based national chain of bagel restaurants has paid $495,930.93 in back overtime wages to 424 assistant managers in 27 states nationwide following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor announced today a new web site that allows participants in Davis-Bacon prevailing wage surveys to easily and securely submit data using an electronic Form WD-10 (Report of Construction Contractor's Wage Rates).

The web site address is https://www.dol-esa.gov/wd10

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ESA Press Release: Town Hall Meeting To Be Held On The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program[06/07/2001]

WASHINGTON - Town hall meetings in more than 25 communities across the country will be held between now and the end of July to explain the new Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act to nuclear weapons industry employees.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

ESA Press Release: Clinton/Gore Administration Finalizes Promise to America's Cold War Veterans[12/07/2000]

For more information call: (202) 693-4650

President Clinton today issued an executive order outlining the framework for compensating thousands of current and former nuclear weapons plant workers, or their survivors, whose service to the country has left them sick or dying.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

ESA Press Release: Birmingham, Alabama Bank Enters Into EEO Settlement Agreement With U.S. Labor Department [10/26/2000]

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

ESA Press Release: Union Bank, Nine Other Employers, Recognized By U.S. Labor Department For Their Equal Opportunity And Affirmative Action Efforts [09/12/2000]

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

ESA Press Release: California Pool Contractor To Pay $608,000 To Workers [08/22/2000]

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

ESA Press Release: State, Federal Officials to Help Keep Young Workers Safe [05/03/2000]

For more information call: (202) 693-0023

State labor departments and the U.S. Department of Labor are combining forces to raise awareness of child labor protections as millions of teenagers are heading toward summer jobs.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

ESA Press Release: National Toy Chain Resolves Child Labor Violations [12/01/1999]

For more information call: (202) 693-4650

Toys "R" Us will pay a $200,000 fine and check all 706 of its retail outlets for compliance with child labor laws as part of an agreement it has reached with the U.S. Labor Department.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

ESA Press Release: Labor Department Releases Second Quarter '99 Garment Enforcement Report [11/04/1999]

For more information call: (202) 693-4650

The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $ 153,199 in back wages for 548 garment workers during January, February and March 1999, for minimum wage and overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

ESA Press Release: Eli Lilly, 10 Others, Recognized by U.S. Labor Department as Equal Opportunity, Equal Pay Employers [10/07/1999]

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

ESA Press Release: Labor Department Opens Comment on Revised Proposals For Streamlining Black Lung Benefits Claims Process [10/07/1999]