At a Boston sewer repair worksite in February, Jordy Alexander Castaneda Romero and Juan Carlos Figueroa Gutierrez died after a dump truck struck and pushed them into a nine-foot deep trench. For their employer, Atlantic Coast Utilities LLC/Advanced Utilities Inc., …
The U.S. Department of Labor reached an agreement in which a Minnesota healthcare provider will pay more than $480,000 to settle wage violation allegations. U.S. District Court Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright on Aug. 5 approved a settlement agreement between the …
Rams Food Inc., the operator of three Denny’s locations in the Houston area, has been cited for wage and overtime violations by U.S. labor officials. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division said an investigation found Rams Food …
A federal workplace safety inspection of a U.S. Postal Service location in Pennsylvania found employees exposed to potentially serious and fatal injuries in the event of an emergency. Responding to a complaint, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and …
The U.S. Department of Labor said US Foods will pay $159,550 in back pay and interest to 114 female and Black job applicants as part of an to resolve alleged hiring discrimination found at its Bensenville, Ill., distribution facility. The …
The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit against a Pennsylvania paper products manufacturing company and its owner after they fired a worker for raising safety concerns and asking several times for safety gloves to operate a shredder and baler. …
A provider of contractor services for heavy construction projects has agreed to resolve claims of alleged pay discrimination affecting 22 female employees at its Houston location, federal officials say. The U.S. Department of Labor said Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals …
A Long Island, New York, superstructure, foundation and concrete company will pay $135,612 in penalties stemming from the collapse of an approximately 30-foot deep trench in Oyster Bay that led to the deaths of two workers. Following a January 2020 …
A Long Island, New York-based petroleum barge company and three former and current management officials have paid $375,000 in restitution to the brother of one of two seamen killed in a barge explosion off the coast of Texas. The seaman …
A Louisiana-based construction and hauling firm and the U.S. Department of Labor in late March reached a settlement in a whistleblower/retaliation case. Labor officials had filed administrative orders against D.G. Construction and Hauling LLC and its owner, Brett Deshotels, in …
