U.S. Department of Labor | August 28, 2020 |
Supporting Recovery from Opioids U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia announced nearly $20 million in grants to assist the fight against opioids in Piketon, Ohio, where he was joined by Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Director Kimberly Hall and U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup. Secretary Scalia participated in a roundtable discussion on the local impact of the opioid crisis and toured Ohio Valley Veneer, a local sawmill. |
School Reopening Guidance New FAQs answer questions workers and employers may have about qualifying for paid leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act as elementary and secondary schools reopen. |
Hurricane Assistance The U.S. Department of Labor announced actions it is taking to assist Americans in states affected by Hurricane Laura. |
Telework Pay Guidance New guidance from the Wage and Hour Division provides compliance assistance to employers on tracking compensable hours for teleworkers. |
| Womens Equality Day The Womens Bureau hosted a webinar commemorating the ratification of the 19th Amendment, 100 Years of Representation in Government and Labor. | |
| Farmworker Grants More than $80 million in grants will provide career services, training services, youth services, related assistance, and housing services to eligible migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their dependents. | |
| Disaster Recovery The Department awarded an additional $7.3 million in disaster recovery funding to support workers in Florida whose employment was impacted by Hurricane Michael. | |
| Fraud Sentence Following a Department investigation, a federal court has sentenced a California chiropractor to prison and ordered him to make $1.98 million in restitution for defrauding the International Longshore and Warehouse Union-Pacific Maritime Association Welfare Plan. | |
| H-2A Violations A judge ordered a New Jersey farm to pay $57,057 in back wages and penalties after a Wage and Hour Division investigation found violations of the H-2A visa program. | |
| Improving Workers Comp Weve streamlined federal workers compensation claims processing. Learn about the benefits of the new online system that will soon be used by all federal agencies. | |
| Funds Recovered Following an investigation, the Department has obtained a default judgment to restore $65,842 to a defunct Ohio companys retirement plan. | |
| Discrimination Resolution Wells Fargo has agreed to pay $7.8 million in back wages and provide 580 affected applicants with job opportunities to resolve allegations of hiring discrimination. | |
COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE HIGHLIGHT |
Office of Compliance Initiatives Turns 2 Two years ago, the Office of Compliance Initiatives was launched to complement our enforcement efforts. Learn how our improved compliance assistance outreach and resources are helping workers and employers around the country. |
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