Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On August 11, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that the operator of restaurant franchise locations in Mississippi who made employees pay for their safety training and background checks has paid $114,427 in back wages, liquidated damages, and civil penalties, according to a news release from…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) – a regulatory agency of the United States Department of Labor (DOL) with a mission to assure safe and healthy working conditions – offers an OSHA Heat Illness Prevention Campaign to protect workers from indoor and outdoor heat that is available…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On January 29, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued revised guidance titled “Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace” to help employers and workers in most workplace settings outside of healthcare identify risks of being exposed to…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On January 6, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule clarifying the standard for employee versus independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), according to a DOL news release. The rule will take effect on March 8, 2021, 60 days…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On November 3, 2020, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) entered into a revised Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) that will amend procedural rules to enhance…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On September 22, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a proposed rule addressing how to determine whether a worker is an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) or an independent contractor and is encouraging public comment from interested parties, according to a DOL…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On March 9, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published “Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19” – which was developed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) – to help companies respond in the event…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The United States economy added 213,000 jobs in June 2018 while the unemployment rate rose to 4.0 percent during the month, according to the Employment Situation report released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Curious about the meaning behind Labor Day, the national holiday for workers celebrated on the first Monday of September each year in America? Labor Day will be celebrated September 2, 2013 this year and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has a web page that explains the history of the holiday, which includes a dispute…
Total nonfarm payroll employment in the United States increased by 195,000 jobs in June 2013 while the unemployment rate and the number of unemployed persons remained unchanged at 7.6 percent and 11.8 million respectively, according to ‘THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION — JUNE 2013’ report released today by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The…
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