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.

Date of Action: April 20, 2015

Name(s) of Defendants: Stephen Scott Danby, Jr.; Danby Lumber and Millwork Company, Inc.; Danby Lumber and Millwork Company, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan

Employer name: BluSky Restoration Contractor Inc.

Inspection site: Greenwood Village, Colorado

Date inspection initiated and what prompted the inspection: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated the inspection in January 2015 under the agency's Fall Prevention initiative after an OSHA official witnessed workers exposed to fall hazards.

WHO: David Bates, director of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Oklahoma City Area Office State Sen. Susan Paddack State Rep. George Young

WHAT: Workers' Memorial Day Candlelight Vigil

WHEN: April 28, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. CDT

WHERE: The Oklahoma State Capitol Fourth Floor Rotunda 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105

WHO: Nancy Smith, deputy regional administrator for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in Denver Jack Cox, president, IBEW, Local 68 Mike Gleiforst, International Union of Elevator Constructors Wade Thornburg, Rocky Mountain Arsenal Project

WHAT: Workers' Memorial Day name-reading

WHEN: April 28, 2015, 10:00 a.m. MDT

WHERE: International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union Hall 5660 Logan St. Denver, Colorado 80216

ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that federal inspectors issued 188 citations and two orders as a result of special impact inspections conducted at 13 coal mines and seven metal and nonmetal mines in March.

Begun in force in April 2010, the monthly inspections involve mines that merit increased agency attention and enforcement due to their poor compliance history or particular compliance concerns. The following are the details of one mine's inspection:

WASHINGTON — The text of the following statement was released by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry; High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini; U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez; EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Marianne Thyssen; U.S. Trade Representative Michael B. G. Froman; EU Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström; U.S. Agency for International Development Acting Administrator Alfonso E.

Date of Action: April 21, 2015

Type of Action: Consent Judgment and Order

Names of Defendants: Butte Steel & Fabrication Inc.; Jeffrey Brochheuser; and the Butte Steel & Fabrication Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan

WASHINGTON — A nearly five-year federal investigation of illegal business practices by 16 defendants in Utah and Arizona has yielded $700,000 in back wages, damages, penalties and other guarantees for more than 1,000 construction industry workers in the Southwest, the U.S. Department of Labor announced today.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Falls are the leading cause of death in the construction industry, with hundreds of workers dying each year and thousands more facing catastrophic, debilitating injuries. Yet, lack of proper fall protection remains the most frequently cited violation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

9 employees injured in May 2014 fall in Providence, Rhode Island

BOSTON — Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, will implement ongoing safety enhancements in aerial acts to protect employees against injuries like those sustained by its aerialists during a May 4, 2014, performance in Providence, Rhode Island. Feld Entertainment Inc., headquartered in Palmetto, Florida, owns the circus.

Employer name: Mid-America Steel Products Inc., doing business as American Sports Medical Industries

Site: Corning, Arkansas

Date inspection initiated: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration began its December 2014 inspection from a complaint alleging unguarded machinery and amputation hazards.

Employer name: Bekaert Corp.

Inspection site: Van Buren, Arkansas

Date inspection was initiated and what prompted the inspection: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration opened the inspection in December 2014 based on a complaint alleging unguarded machinery and lead exposures.

WASHINGTON — A nearly five-year federal investigation of illegal business practices by 16 defendants in Utah and Arizona has yielded $700,000 in back wages, damages, penalties and other guarantees for more than 1,000 construction industry workers in the Southwest, the U.S. Department of Labor announced today.

9 employees injured in May 2014 fall in Providence, Rhode Island

BOSTON — Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, will implement ongoing safety enhancements in aerial acts to protect employees against injuries like those sustained by its aerialists during a May 4, 2014, performance in Providence, Rhode Island. Feld Entertainment Inc., headquartered in Palmetto, Florida, owns the circus.

ARLINGTON, Va. — Eight months after implementation of the final rule to prevent black lung disease by lowering miners' exposure to harmful coal dust, sampling by mine operators and Mine Safety and Health Administration inspectors indicates that compliance with the rule's tougher requirements is highly achievable.

Date of Action: April 16, 2015

Name(s) of Defendants: Brian Hicks, Trojan Horse LTD; Capitol Expressways Inc.; Glen Burnie Hauling Inc.; BDH Logistics LLC; and Trojan Horse LTD 401(k) plan.

Allegations: Based on an investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration, the Secretary of Labor filed a complaint alleging:

OXFORD, Ohio — Florjan Nilaj and Gazmend Vukaj left their Michigan homes and traveled 260 miles south to Oxford for a commercial painting job never thinking that Oct. 24, 2014, might be the last day of their lives.

The two men, 25-year-old Nilaj and 40-year-old Vukaj, were seven stories above ground on an electric two-point scaffold. They were painting a 123-foot-tall water tower when the scaffold's hoist failed, and a nylon suspension rope broke. As the scaffold collapsed, the two men fell to their deaths.

ATLANTA — A 56-year-old woman suffered a broken left wrist and severe lacerations after coming into contact with moving parts of a high-volume Lebanon machine, a machine used to assemble air filters, at American Air Filter Co. Inc. in Atlanta.

WASHINGTON — For many of our nation's youth, job opportunities are elusive, despite a much healthier national economy. Those with juvenile criminal records often find the barriers between education and career success daunting. Without a good job, these young people likely face a return to prison or a life in poverty.