November 8, 2024

Statement by Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety, Health on occupational injuries, illnesses in 2023

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Douglas Parker issued the following statement on the Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2023 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses:

November 8, 2024

US Department of Labor, Office of the Trade Representative seek review of alleged denial of labor rights at glass facility in Matamoros, Mexico

WASHINGTON – The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement today requested that the government of Mexico review an alleged denial of workers’ at Vidrio Decorativo Occidental, a manufacturer of decorative glass in Matamoros, Mexico.

The U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Trade Representative co-chair the Interagency Labor Committee.

November 8, 2024

US Department of Labor complaint alleges Indianapolis home care companies’ operator again violated federal wage laws, withheld $86K in wages

INDIANAPOLIS – In 2018, federal investigators cited then owner Hahn March for not paying overtime wages to employees at Aging and Disabled Home Healthcare in Indiana. March again finds herself under scrutiny for allegedly using improper pay practices at two Indianapolis home healthcare companies she owns, Signal Health Group Inc. and SHG Employee Leasing Company. 

November 7, 2024

US Department of Labor announces guidance, relief for employee benefit plans, participants, beneficiaries affected by hurricanes Helene, Milton

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has issued guidance and provided relief for participants and beneficiaries and employee benefit plans affected by Hurricane Helene and by Hurricane Milton.

November 7, 2024

Federal court orders Pennsylvania home healthcare agency to pay $810K in back wages, damages to 196 workers denied minimum wage, overtime

WYNCOTE, PA – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment requiring a Wyncote home healthcare agency and its owner, Dominique Conner, to pay 196 direct care employees a total of $810,320 in back wages and liquidated damages for routinely not paying workers overtime rates and willfully violating federal law.

November 7, 2024

Abiomed Inc. to pay $57K to resolve alleged gender-based promotion discrimination at Danvers, Massachusetts, headquarters

BOSTON – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and Abiomed Inc., a federal medical equipment supplier, have entered into a conciliation agreement to resolve allegations of gender-based promotion discrimination at the company’s Danvers headquarters. 

November 7, 2024

US Department of Labor awards more than $10.5M in grants to support mine safety, health training across the nation

WASHINGTON  The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration has awarded more than $10.5 million in grants to organizations in 45 states, the Navajo Nation and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to reduce mining accidents, injuries and illnesses by supporting programs such as safety and health courses.

November 7, 2024

Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report

In the week ending November 2, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 221,000, an increase of 3,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 2,000 from 216,000 to 218,000. The 4-week moving average was 227,250, a decrease of 9,750 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 500 from 236,500 to 237,000.

November 6, 2024

US Department of Labor hosts annual conference for nation’s mine safety, health trainers at National Mine Health and Safety Academy, Nov. 12-15

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration is holding its annual Training Resources Applied to Mining conference in Beaver, West Virginia, from Nov. 12 to 15. 

November 6, 2024

US Department of Labor sues Puerto Rico-based service providers, executives to stop excessive fees, self-dealing; recover health plans’ funds

Date of action:           November 5, 2024

Type of action:          Complaint filing

Defendants:               Suffolk Administrative Services LLC, San Juan, Puerto Rico

November 6, 2024

Crystal Lake contractor faces $287K in fines after exposing framing workers in Elburn to potentially deadly fall risks 3 times in less than a month

CRYSTAL LAKE, IL – Federal inspectors have cited 595 Construction LLC - a Crystal Lake contractor with a history of exposing employees to fall hazards - for eight safety violations after finding employees framing a residential structure without required protections three times at three residential worksites in the same neighborhood in May 2024. 

November 5, 2024

Statement from Acting Secretary Su on International Association of Machinists’ vote to accept proposed Boeing Company contract

WASHINGTON – Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su issued the following statement on International Association of Machinists members voting to approve a new contract proposal from the Boeing Company.

November 4, 2024

Department of Labor encouraged by decline in worker death investigations

WASHINGTON – Fewer workers are dying from hazards where the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has focused its enforcement resources. Preliminary agency data show a decrease in fatalities the agency is mandated to investigate, including significant reductions in fatal injuries from trench collapses and falls, two of the leading causes of death among construction industry workers.

November 4, 2024

Department of Labor seeks reinstatement, back wages from Pennsylvania manufacturer that allegedly fired worker for raising safety concerns

YORK, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit against a York manufacturing company alleging the company wrongly terminated an employee who raised safety concerns when directed to use a ladder to move stock items when they believed a forklift would be safer.

November 4, 2024

US Department of Labor recovers $877K in wages, benefits for 36 employees underpaid by contractors on federally funded projects in New York City

NEW YORK  The U.S. Department of Labor recovered a total of $877,834 in back wages and fringe benefits from three Long Island contractors for 36 employees who were underpaid for their work on two New York projects funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

November 4, 2024

McKesson Corp. subsidiary to pay $448K in back wages, interest to resolve alleged systemic racial hiring discrimination in Grapevine

GRAPEVINE, TX – The U.S. Department of Labor’s  Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has entered into an agreement with McKesson Medical-Surgical Inc., one of the nation’s largest distributors of medical supplies, to resolve alleged systemic hiring discrimination against nearly 900 Black, Hispanic and white applicants at its Grapevine distribution facility.

November 1, 2024

US Department of Labor reports distressed pension assistance program has protected benefits for more than 1.2M workers, retirees, families

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Employee Benefits Security Administration has issued a report illustrating how the American Rescue Plan has protected the financially distressed pension plans of more than 1.2 million U.S. workers, retirees and their families, ensuring they receive the retirement benefits they earned. 

November 1, 2024

Statement by Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su on October jobs report

WASHINGTON – Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su issued the following statement on the October 2024 Employment Situation report: 

October 31, 2024

Department of Labor honors more than 800 employers committed to veterans’ employment with 2024 HIRE Vets Medallion Awards

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today recognized more than 800 employers for their commitment to employing and supporting the nation’s service members by presenting them with the 2024 Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing American Military Veterans Medallion Award.

October 31, 2024

US Department of Labor finds Temple City home care company ignoring overtime requirements for 3rd time, recovers $145K in unpaid wages, damages

Employer:      T.G.H. Management Group Inc., operating as Temple Garden Homes

                        5120 Baldwin Ave.