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an alleged denial of workers’ rights at Akwel Juarez, an automotive component manufacturing facility in Ciudad Juarez, State of Chihuahua, Mexico.</span></p><p><span>The U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Trade Representative co-chair the Interagency Labor Committee.</span></p></div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div><div class="image-left-teaser"> <div class="row dol-feed-block" style="max-width:100%;flex-wrap:nowrap"> <div data-history-node-id="182617" about="/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20241122" class="left-teaser-text"> <p class="dol-date-text">November 22, 2024</p> <a href=" /newsroom/releases/whd/whd20241122 "><h3> <span>Fort Wayne auto emissions manufacturer will pay $101K in back wages, damages to 260 workers for shortchanging them overtime</span> </h3></a> <div class="field field--name-field-press-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden clearfix"><p><strong>Employer: </strong><span><strong>     </strong></span>Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies USA Inc.</p><p><span><strong>                             </strong>Fort Wayne, Indiana</span></p><p><strong>Actions: </strong><span><strong>         </strong></span>Fair Labor Standards Act investigation</p></div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div><div class="image-left-teaser"> <div class="row dol-feed-block" style="max-width:100%;flex-wrap:nowrap"> <div data-history-node-id="182616" about="/newsroom/releases/osha/osha20241122" class="left-teaser-text"> <p class="dol-date-text">November 22, 2024</p> <a href=" /newsroom/releases/osha/osha20241122 "><h3> <span>Department of Labor reaches settlement with Mississippi pipe manufacturer to correct safety failures that led to 25-year-old worker’s fatal injuries</span> </h3></a> <div class="field field--name-field-press-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden clearfix"><p><span><strong>BAY SAINT LOUIS, MS –</strong> The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into a settlement agreement with a Mississippi steel pipe manufacturer with a 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<div data-history-node-id="182612" about="/newsroom/releases/osha/osha20241121-0" class="left-teaser-text"> <p class="dol-date-text">November 21, 2024</p> <a href=" /newsroom/releases/osha/osha20241121-0 "><h3> <span>Signature Health takes multiple actions to improve safety after US Department of Labor investigation of Maple Heights stabbing </span> </h3></a> <div class="field field--name-field-press-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden clearfix"><p><span><strong>MAPLE HEIGHTS, OH</strong></span><strong> </strong>‒ An Ohio outpatient mental health treatment facility has taken numerous steps to improve workplace safety, including employing a weapons screening process, enhancing security and implementing staff training, after a patient attacked a nurse practitioner violently in April 2024. </p></div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div><div class="image-left-teaser"> <div class="row dol-feed-block" style="max-width:100%;flex-wrap:nowrap"> <div data-history-node-id="182611" about="/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20241121" class="left-teaser-text"> <p class="dol-date-text">November 21, 2024</p> <a href=" /newsroom/releases/whd/whd20241121 "><h3> <span>US Department of Labor recovers $87K in back wages, damages from New Port Richey restaurant for 21 workers denied minimum wage, overtime </span> </h3></a> <div class="field field--name-field-press-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden clearfix"><p><strong>Employer: </strong><span><strong>                         </strong>Central Park Family Restaurant Inc.</span></p><p><span>                                                7657 State Road 54 </span></p></div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div><div class="image-left-teaser"> <div class="row dol-feed-block" style="max-width:100%;flex-wrap:nowrap"> <div data-history-node-id="182610" about="/newsroom/releases/eta/eta20241121-0" class="left-teaser-text"> <p class="dol-date-text">November 21, 2024</p> <a href=" /newsroom/releases/eta/eta20241121-0 "><h3> <span>US Department of Labor awards Wisconsin $4.3M in funding to support employment, training services in communities affected by opioid crisis </span> </h3></a> <div class="field field--name-field-press-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden clearfix"><p><span><strong>WASHINGTON</strong> – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $4.3 million in grant funding to Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Development to assist people affected by the health and economic effects of widespread opioid use, addiction and overdose.</span></p></div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div><div class="image-left-teaser"> <div class="row dol-feed-block" style="max-width:100%;flex-wrap:nowrap"> <div data-history-node-id="182608" about="/newsroom/releases/vets/vets20241121" class="left-teaser-text"> <p class="dol-date-text">November 21, 2024</p> <a href=" /newsroom/releases/vets/vets20241121 "><h3> <span>US Department of Labor expands employment assistance for transitioning service members, veterans, spouses with new training, partners, service areas</span> </h3></a> <div class="field field--name-field-press-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden clearfix"><p><strong>WASHINGTON</strong> – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its <a href="https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets"><span>Veterans’ Employment and Training Service</span></a> has expanded the Transition Assistance Program, extending the opportunity for veterans, transitioning service members and their spouses to use resources to find suitable employment.</p></div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div><div class="image-left-teaser"> <div class="row dol-feed-block" style="max-width:100%;flex-wrap:nowrap"> <div data-history-node-id="182607" about="/newsroom/releases/osha/osha20241121" class="left-teaser-text"> <p class="dol-date-text">November 21, 2024</p> <a href=" /newsroom/releases/osha/osha20241121 "><h3> <span>Department of Labor petitions federal court to force US Postal Service to comply with subpoenas in employee whistleblower investigation</span> </h3></a> <div class="field field--name-field-press-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden clearfix"><p><strong>Date of action: </strong><span><strong>          </strong></span></p><p><span>Nov. 20, 2024</span></p><p><strong>Type of action: </strong><span><strong>          </strong></span></p><p><span>Petition to enforce subpoena </span></p><p><strong>Employer: </strong><span><strong>                 </strong></span></p><p><span>U.S. Postal Service, New Salem, Pennsylvania</span></p></div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div><div class="image-left-teaser"> <div class="row dol-feed-block" style="max-width:100%;flex-wrap:nowrap"> <div data-history-node-id="182584" about="/newsroom/releases/eta/eta20241121" class="left-teaser-text"> <p class="dol-date-text">November 21, 2024</p> <a href=" /newsroom/releases/eta/eta20241121 "><h3> <span>Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report</span> </h3></a> <div class="field field--name-field-press-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden clearfix"><p>In the week ending November 16, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 213,000, a decrease of 6,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 2,000 from 217,000 to 219,000. The 4-week moving average was 217,750, a decrease of 3,750 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 500 from 221,000 to 221,500.</p></div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div><div class="image-left-teaser"> <div class="row dol-feed-block" style="max-width:100%;flex-wrap:nowrap"> <div data-history-node-id="182570" about="/newsroom/releases/osec/osec20241120" class="left-teaser-text"> <p class="dol-date-text">November 20, 2024</p> <a href=" /newsroom/releases/osec/osec20241120 "><h3> <span>Acting Secretary of Labor Su hosts ceremony inducting Filipino labor leaders of the farmworkers’ movement into department’s Hall of Honor</span> </h3></a> <div class="field field--name-field-press-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden clearfix"><p><span><strong>WASHINGTON</strong> – Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su and the U.S. Department of Labor today paid tribute to Larry Dulay Itliong, Philip Vera Cruz and Peter Gines Velasco, who led farmworkers to organize and stand up against powerful grape industry growers while fighting for higher wages, better working conditions and basic dignity for Filipino farmworkers by inducting them into the department’s Hall of Honor.</span></p></div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div><div class="image-left-teaser"> <div class="row dol-feed-block" style="max-width:100%;flex-wrap:nowrap"> <div data-history-node-id="182569" about="/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20241120" class="left-teaser-text"> <p class="dol-date-text">November 20, 2024</p> <a href=" /newsroom/releases/whd/whd20241120 "><h3> <span>US Department of Labor recovers $137K in back wages, damages from Fremont retirement home that knowingly shortchanged 20 workers </span> </h3></a> <div class="field field--name-field-press-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden clearfix"><p><strong>Employer:</strong><a name="_Hlk159487815"><span><strong>      </strong></span></a><span>Lincoln Retirement Villa LLC</span></p><p><span><strong>                        </strong>41040 Lincoln Street</span></p></div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div><div class="image-left-teaser"> <div class="row dol-feed-block" style="max-width:100%;flex-wrap:nowrap"> <div data-history-node-id="182525" about="/newsroom/releases/ilab/ilab20241119" class="left-teaser-text"> <p class="dol-date-text">November 19, 2024</p> <a href=" /newsroom/releases/ilab/ilab20241119 "><h3> <span>READOUT: Deputy Undersecretary Lee leads Department of Labor delegation at 2024 United Nations’ Climate Change Conference</span> </h3></a> <div class="field field--name-field-press-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden clearfix"><p><span><strong>WASHINGTON </strong>– A delegation from the Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs, led by  Deputy Undersecretary for International Affairs Thea Lee, discussed shared labor and employment priorities with other national leaders at the 2024 United Nation’s Climate Change Conference - also known as the Conference of Parties 29 - in Azerbaijan, from Nov. 13-15, 2024.</span></p></div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div><div class="image-left-teaser"> <div class="row dol-feed-block" style="max-width:100%;flex-wrap:nowrap"> <div data-history-node-id="182523" about="/newsroom/releases/wb/wb20241119" class="left-teaser-text"> <p class="dol-date-text">November 19, 2024</p> <a href=" /newsroom/releases/wb/wb20241119 "><h3> <span>Cost of child care for one child can be more than rent in some US counties</span> </h3></a> <div class="field field--name-field-press-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden clearfix"><p><span><strong>WASHINGTON</strong> – The newly updated </span><a href="https://www.dol.gov/agencies/wb/topics/childcare">National Database of Childcare Prices</a><span> shows the price of child care for U.S. families is more than a month’s rent for many, forcing parents with younger children to spend a significant portion of family income on these expenses, the U.S. Department of Labor announced today.</span></p></div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div><div class="image-left-teaser"> <div class="row dol-feed-block" style="max-width:100%;flex-wrap:nowrap"> <div data-history-node-id="182517" about="/newsroom/releases/osha/osha20241119" class="left-teaser-text"> <p class="dol-date-text">November 19, 2024</p> <a href=" /newsroom/releases/osha/osha20241119 "><h3> <span>Department of Labor fines New Jersey bakery $385K after inspectors find workers still exposed to safety hazards at Paterson facility</span> </h3></a> <div class="field field--name-field-press-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden clearfix"><p><span><strong>PATERSON, NJ </strong>–<strong> </strong>A commercial baker in Paterson faces $385,221 in federal penalties after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found the employer failed to correct workplace safety hazards identified in 2023.</span></p></div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div><div class="image-left-teaser"> <div class="row dol-feed-block" style="max-width:100%;flex-wrap:nowrap"> <div data-history-node-id="182516" about="/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20241119-0" class="left-teaser-text"> <p class="dol-date-text">November 19, 2024</p> <a href=" /newsroom/releases/whd/whd20241119-0 "><h3> <span>US Department of Labor obtains judgment to prevent Mississippi fish farm, processing plant from threatening workers, interfering with investigation</span> </h3></a> <div class="field field--name-field-press-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden clearfix"><p><span><strong>OXFORD, MS </strong>– </span><a><span>The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment that prevents a </span></a><span>Tunica fish farm and processing plant from </span><a href="https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/retaliation"><span>retaliating against their workers</span></a><span> and interfering with federal investigations of their employment practices. </span></p></div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div><div class="image-left-teaser"> <div class="row dol-feed-block" style="max-width:100%;flex-wrap:nowrap"> <div data-history-node-id="182504" about="/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20241119" class="left-teaser-text"> <p class="dol-date-text">November 19, 2024</p> <a href=" /newsroom/releases/whd/whd20241119 "><h3> <span>US Department of Labor recovers over $1.4M in back wages, damages for 36 Mexican engineers employed by General Dynamics subsidiary in San Diego</span> </h3></a> <div class="field field--name-field-press-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden clearfix"><p><span><strong>SAN DIEGO</strong> – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered more than $1.4 million for 36 Mexican engineers employed in San Diego by a subsidiary of General Dynamics Corp., one of the world’s largest defense contractors, that paid them in Mexican pesos below the federal minimum wage rate in violation of the </span><a href="http://www.dol.gov/whd/flsa"><span>Fair Labor Standards Act</span></a><span>. </span></p></div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div><div class="image-left-teaser"> <div class="row dol-feed-block" style="max-width:100%;flex-wrap:nowrap"> <div data-history-node-id="182501" about="/newsroom/releases/ebsa/ebsa20241118-0" class="left-teaser-text"> <p class="dol-date-text">November 18, 2024</p> <a href=" /newsroom/releases/ebsa/ebsa20241118-0 "><h3> <span>US Department of Labor announces start of information collection to build ‘lost’ retirement savings online search tool </span> </h3></a> <div class="field field--name-field-press-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden clearfix"><p><span><strong>WASHINGTON</strong> – The U.S. Department of Labor’s </span><a href="https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ebsa">Employee Benefits Security Administration</a><span> today issued a notice requesting information from retirement plan administrators that will allow it to begin populating the Retirement Savings Lost and Found database, an online search tool to help America’s workers locate lost retirement savings they earned.</span></p></div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div><div class="image-left-teaser"> <div class="row dol-feed-block" style="max-width:100%;flex-wrap:nowrap"> <div data-history-node-id="182497" about="/newsroom/releases/ebsa/ebsa20241118" class="left-teaser-text"> <p class="dol-date-text">November 18, 2024</p> <a href=" /newsroom/releases/ebsa/ebsa20241118 "><h3> <span>Federal court approves $12M plan to distribute assets to providers, participants harmed by underfunded health plan arrangement in 36 states</span> </h3></a> <div class="field field--name-field-press-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden clearfix"><p><strong>CHICAGO </strong>– A federal court has approved a plan to make a final distribution of $12 million in assets to health plan participants and medical providers harmed by a multiple employer welfare arrangement, known as a MEWA. This distribution arises from a litigation brought by the U.S. Department of Labor after an investigation found mismanagement by the former fiduciaries of AEU Holdings LLC Employee Benefit Plan <span>caused about $83 million in health claims to be wrongly billed to participants. </span></p></div> </div> </div> </div></div> <nav id="pag1" class="pager pagination" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="pagination-heading"> <span id="pagination-heading" class="visually-hidden">Pagination</span> <ul class="dol-pagination pagination pager__items js-pager__items"> <li class="pager__item is-active"> <a class="page-link" href="?agency=All&state=All&topic=All&year=all&page=0" title="Current page" aria-current="page"> <span class="visually-hidden"> Current page </span>1</a> </li> <li class="pager__item"> <a class="page-link" href="?agency=All&state=All&topic=All&year=all&page=1" title="Go to page 2"> <span class="visually-hidden"> Page </span>2</a> </li> <li class="pager__item"> <a class="page-link" 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