MSHA has taken steps to detect and deter underreporting, including revising its auditing process and training programs, and enhancing penalties for violations.
By CyberXRef [CC-BY-SA-3.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons By CyberXRef [CC-BY-SA-3.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons Whether or not it's possible for a corporation to have sincerely held religious beliefs isn't even an issue in the Hobby Lobby case for it is proven that they do not.
Seasoned travelers Linda and Roger Gustafson will be at the Illinois Valley Center for Independent Living, 18 Gunia Drive in LaSalle, at 2 p.m. April 11 to discuss how to plan accommodations for travel needs including accessible air travel, accessible van rentals, taxis, hotel rooms and cruises.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration should improve its data on mine operators' underreporting of work-related injuries and illnesses so that it can better target enforcement to address the problem, a federal audit said.
The Eleventh Circuit in Walthour v. Chipio Windshield Repair, LLC, No. 13-11309 recently joined the Second, Fourth, Fifth, and Eighth Circuits in upholding class arbitration waivers in a Fair Labor Standards Act action.
Act of 2010 directed the SEC to establish a "bounty program" for certain individuals who voluntarily provide the SEC with original information that leads to successful SEC actions resulting in monetary sanctions over $1,000,000.
According to the Department of Labor, the unemployment rate in February of this year was at 12 percent, which is half a percentage lower than it was in February of 2013.
"The job market is coming out from its deep winter slumber," said Moody's Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi, describing the results of the March private employment report compiled by his firm and payroll processor ADP.
As McDonald's workers across the country begin to take action against wage theft, one thing is clear: this is not a problem isolated to McDonald's or the fast-food industry.
MSHA has taken steps to detect and deter underreporting, including revising its auditing process and training programs, and enhancing penalties for violations.
Public Notice. Okanogan County Cemetery District #1 2014 Meeting Schedule: Spring Meeting, General Business: April 14, 2014, 8:00 a.m, at the Winthrop fire hall, 223 Englar St., Winthrop.
Ann Eubank's new post points out that a good idea fosters more than a positive change for others, it can also ignite fierce opposition from the status quo, carving out a rallying point for grassroots advocacy to "dig in its heels" and stick to the courage of its convictions.
This pile of rubble is all that remained Monday of Plymouth High School's raised baseball seating patio / JOHN KEMSKI What once was a seating patio along the third-base line at Plymouth High School's baseball field Monday was a pile of rubble, having been torn down by the district in order to comply with a mandate from the U.S. Education ... (more)
The former managers said they felt pressure from corporate to cut labor costs, so they engaged in some illegal practices, such as asking employees to clock out and continue working.
Yesterday, Andrew Biggs of AEI presented the above-named paper . The paper addresses the funding issues posed by defined benefit plans for state and local government employees around the country.
The Maine Department of Labor will offer sessions of its popular free course that educates employers and the public about regulations governing the workplace.
For Immediate Release: April 2, 2014 Contact: Mary LaFontaine, Lewiston CareerCenter, 753-9094; Julie Rabinowitz, Department of Labor, 621-5009 AUBURN-The 11th Annual Androscoggin County Job Fair will be held Friday, April 4 from 9 a.m. to noon at Central Maine Community College, 1250 Turner Street, Auburn.
Ontario's Progressive Conservatives released leaked documents Tuesday they said show the Liberals plan a month-long spending spree before a May 1 budget that will increase spending by nearly $6 billion, but the government refused to confirm details.
On Tuesday, the state Department of Labor and Industry reported the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Pittsburgh fell from 6 percent in January to 5.8 percent in February.
A 23-year-old drunken driver who said her boyfriend punched her before she crashed into a Southeast Portland Taco Bell -- causing a fryer full of hot oil to scald an employee inside -- has been sentenced to 1 1 2 years in prison.
Position: School Principal Reports to: Parish Pastor Placement: Hired Time Commitment: Full-Time Position Supervises: All School Administrative Staff, Teachers, and Students Budget Management: Yes Compensation Structure: Base Salary , plus a Performance-Based Bonus Package [FLSA: Exempt] Scope of Position: The St. Joan of Arc School Principal ... (more)
A call center company lauded by politicians for planning to open a facility in Memphis and add 1,000 jobs has been cited by the federal government for alleged violations of labor laws.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found that workers at Salko Kitchens Inc. in New Windsor were exposed to fire and explosion hazards and a potential carcinogen as the result of deficient safeguards.
Market Burgers L.L.C., a fast food franchise company that operates a Checkers restaurant in West Philadelphia, signed a consent decree agreeing to pay $100,000, most of it in back wages, to settle a complaint by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accusing the company of paying its female shift managers, cashiers and sandwich makers ... (more)
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GuideSpark , the leader in employee communications and engagement, released results today, in honor of National Benefits Day, of a 2014 Employee Benefits Communications survey that measured employees' opinions of how benefits are communicated to them by their employers.
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"The job market is coming out from its deep winter slumber," said Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Analytics, which helps compile the ADP report.
Since the 2008 financial crisis, the IRA Financial Group has helped over 6500 clients take control over their retirement funds via a self-directed IRA LLC or Solo 401 Plan Even with real estate prices increasing, in 2013 our clients invested over $420 million in cash in real estate and have been able to find attractive real estate opportunities for ... (more)
Small businesses, welcome to Uncle Sam's favorite time of year! Though it may be Uncle Sam's favorite, tax season is often less than anticipated with entrepreneurs, especially if you're new to filing taxes for a business.
Last month, McDonald's was hit with multiple class-action lawsuits alleging that the company routinely violated minimum wage, overtime and other workplace laws through a variety of illegal schemes that had one goal in common: drive down labor costs by stealing from workers.
Senator Miriam Santiago called on authorities not to give special treatment to the three senators charged by the Ombudsman in the event that the plunder case is filed against them before the Sandiganbayan for their alleged role in the pork barrel scam.
The Frederick County Division of Public Works seeks public input regarding its ongoing effort to comply with Americans with Disabilities Act pedestrian accessibility standards.
The Vermont Supreme Court has rejected a challenge by a would-be lawyer who contends the state's bar-admission rules and practices violate the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The city of Rio Rancho Public Works Department is holding a meeting on Thursday, April 17, 2014, to discuss the proposed reconstruction of Idalia Road from Iris Road to N.M. 528.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks with student Baker Gregory as she tours the City Colleges of Chicago, College to Careers Program in Advanced Manufacturing at Daley College in Chicago on March 31. REUTERS/John Gress When Federal Reserve leader Janet Yellen wanted to illustrate the difficulty unemployed Americans face in finding jobs , ... (more)
A new ruling from the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs that took effect March 24 strengthens Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibits discrimination by federal contractors and subcontractors against individuals based on disability.
Employers no longer kill employees; however, they still wage war on workers in many ways including: * alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Civil Rights Act and overtime laws in cases currently before the Supreme Court * lack of enforcement of labor and immigration laws * age discrimination * the gender wage gap * the ... (more)
The governing Liberals suspect an angry mid-level bureaucrat is behind the leak of confidential documents to the Progressive Conservatives in a serious breach of budget secrecy.
PROSECUTORS from the Department of Justice can be tapped to aid counterparts from the Office of the Ombudsman in defending the cases against government officials and private individuals linked to the pork barrel scam, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said Wednesday.
Hobby Lobby recently took its fight against the Affordable Care Act all the way to the Supreme Court, stating the contraception mandate violates the company's religious standing.
Sen. Tim Kaine stopped in Alexandria Monday to hear from MOM's Organic Market owner Scott Nash about why he believes it's important to pay his employees above the current minimum wage.
A Morris County worker who was struck by a car while walking from an employer-designated parking garage to her office in Morristown in 2010 is not entitled to Workers' Compensation benefits because neither the garage nor the public street she was crossing are controlled or owned by the county, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
April 1 - On Tuesday, April 8, three prominent figures in the ongoing debate over constitutional privacy rights in the face of growing government surveillance will speak at the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island recently considered the application of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Rhode Island Fair Employment Practices Act in the context of an alleged harasser and victim who are members of the same sex.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission identifies industries that tend to attract employees age 15 to 21. Those industries may feature more casual work environments that can lead to higher incidents of sexual harassment, according to the EEOC.
The Court of Appeal upheld the award, even though the trial court had not issued a separate written order regarding the attorneys' fees, because the trial court had made express oral findings on the record and applied the appropriate standards.
Fourteen Alabamians pleaded guilty to defrauding the state's unemployment insurance benefits program and must pay restitution totaling $53,195, the Alabama Department of Labor announced today.
The unemployment rate for the York-Hanover area dropped by three-tenths of a percent in February, according to a news release from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry.
The owners of Hobby Lobby have such strong objections to providing employees with comprehensive contraceptive coverage that they have taken their case all the way to the United States Supreme Court .
A decision on a federal rule that will allow Texas to start drug testing certain unemployment insurance applicants under a state law that took effect 200 days ago is still months in the offing, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Labor said Monday.
Today Molly Redden at Mother Jones reports that Hobby Lobby holds mutual funds that invest in the manufacturers of the same pharmaceuticals and devices to which the company claims religious objection.
Traditional pension plans have given way to defined-contribution plans over the years, with the 401 being the most common retirement plan that businesses set up for their employees.
People in the Pittsburgh region who were unemployed last February were nearly five times more likely to drop out of the labor force than they were to be working this February.
That's a sensible tactic: Voters should consider how the Democrats' signature health-care legislation has worked in practice, and has contributed to our other biggest problem of intractable joblessness.
Ontario's Progressive Conservatives say they have obtained documents that show the Liberal government will add at least $5.7 billion in new spending in a budget that will come May 1. The Conservatives say the documents also show the Liberals have set up a so-called BLT or "Budget Leaking Team" to plan 39 spending announcements over the next month ... (more)
Regional unemployment dipped to a five-year low in February. The jobless rate in the Scranton/-Barre metro area fell four-tenths of a percentage point to 7.7 percent, according to the state Department of Labor and Industry.
The jobless rate in the Scranton/-Barre metro area fell four-tenths of a percentage point to 7.7 percent, according to the state Department of Labor and Industry.
It will be months before the state can begin drug testing certain unemployment insurance benefit applicants, and some Texas lawmakers and business leaders are frustrated with the delay.
Milwaukee, WI - infoZine - V&B LLC, a Merry Maids home cleaning franchise in Kenosha, WI, violated federal law by firing a woman because of her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit.
Starting Tuesday the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library will display documents and memorabilia having to do with civil rights in the U.S. The display includes the Emancipation Proclamation, the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
On March 21, Wing Chau - a subprime CDO manager who featured prominently in Michael Lewis's best-selling book "The Big Short" - sued the SEC, claiming that the SEC violated his constitutional rights by choosing to bring its fraud claims against him in its own administrative forum, rather than in federal court.
MANILA: Philippine government prosecutors will file plunder cases in an anti-graft court against three senators for misuse of congressional funds worth billions of pesos, a breakthrough in Manila's fight against corruption, officials said on Tuesday.
Act of 2010 directed the SEC to establish a "bounty program" for certain individuals who voluntarily provide the SEC with original information that leads to successful SEC actions resulting in monetary sanctions over $1,000,000.
The Office of the Ombudsman on Tuesday recommended the filing of plunder and graft charges against detained businesswoman Janet Napoles and three senators in connection with the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam.
A federal appeals court has ruled that a Maryland county's pension system discriminated against older workers by charging them higher contribution rates than younger employees.
This pile of rubble is all that remained Monday of Plymouth High School's raised baseball seating patio / JOHN KEMSKI What once was a seating patio along the third-base line at Plymouth High School's baseball field Monday was a pile of rubble, having been torn down by the district in order to comply with a mandate from the U.S. Education ... (more)
The owner of parts of a stage that collapsed during a powerful storm at the Indiana State Fair in 2011, an accident that killed seven people, will pay a $50,000 fine for safety violations, the state said Monday.
Washington state accused the federal government Monday of missing crucial legal deadlines to clean up 56 million gallons of highly radioactive waste at the former Hanford nuclear weapons site in southeastern Washington, demanding a new set of schedules by April 15. Gov. Jay Inslee and state Attorney General Bob Ferguson sent a letter to Energy ... (more)
PreCheck's Vice President of Compliance, Vu Do, recently attended the conference on criminal background checks held at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on March 6, 2014.
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee recommended the filing of criminal charges against businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles, and Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Jinggoy Estrada and Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. in connection with the multibillion-peso pork barrel scam.
Washington state accused the federal government Monday of missing crucial legal deadlines to clean up 56 million gallons of highly radioactive waste at the former Hanford nuclear weapons site in southeastern Washington, demanding a new set of schedules by April 15. Gov. Jay Inslee and state Attorney General Bob Ferguson sent a letter to Energy ... (more)