Articles Tagged with ''Department of Labor''

Through the program, OSHA will conduct heat-related workplace inspections before workers suffer preventable injuries, illnesses or fatalities.

While unions have made some small victories as of late, they appear to be struggling to regain the membership levels they once held.

With a growing Spanish-speaking workforce, the ability for employees to communicate effectively in their first language is being met within Jobba.

The initiative promotes greater contractor attention concerning the use of pay equity audits to weed out pay inequities in employment practices.

The webinar will assist contracting agencies, contractors, unions, workers and other stakeholders in understanding Davis-Bacon compliance requirements.

With the Biden administrating pledging to aggressively enforce workplace regulations, now is the time to make sure employers are in compliance with wage and hour practices.

A Vermont-based insulation and roofing contractor paid more than $160,000 in civil money penalties and back wages following an investigation by the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour division.

Executive Order 14026, which raises the minimum wage for federal contractors, applies to new contracts and renewals and extensions of existing contracts.

With the Biden administrating pledging to aggressively enforce workplace regulations, now is the time to make sure employers are in compliance with wage and hour practices.

The Wage and Hour Division found that the roofing contractor didn't pay employees until after arriving at their first jobsite despite completing pre-shift work beforehand.