The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division has fined nine farms and 17 farm labor contractors doing business in Bladen and Craven counties, N.C., for violating federal labor law, including employing children as young as eight years old as farm laborers.
Updated federal guidelines offer state and local public health and school officials a range of options for responding to 2009 H1N1 influenza in schools, depending on how severe the flu may be in their communities, according to a recent press release from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. The guidance says officials should balance the risk of flu in their communities with the disruption that school dismissals will cause in education and the wider community.
A four-member investigative team from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) is deploying to the site of a release of propane and hydrogen fluoride at the ExxonMobil refinery in Joliet, Illinois, according to an agency press release.
Following is a statement from U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis regarding the July 2009 Employment Situation Summary released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced Friday approximately $42 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for the construction of new inline baggage handling systems at Sacramento International Airport (SMF), Honolulu International Airport (HNL) and Kahului Airport (OGG) — projects designed to streamline passenger check-in and improve explosives detection capabilities, according to a DHS press release.
The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate released a Web video message highlighting the need for the public to be prepared for any emergency, according to a FEMA press release.
In an effort to crack down on fraudulent trainers, OSHA is continuing to strengthen the integrity of its 36-year-old Outreach Training Program by publishing an "Outreach Trainer Watch List" of those who have had their trainer authorizations either revoked or suspended, according to an OSHA press release.
California Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet has filed a civil action for $425,000 in Contra Costa County Superior Court against Ni Ni Ichi Corporation dba Kane Sushi for illegally taking its worker’s tips and failing to pay split shift premiums as required by California labor law, according to a press release from the California Department of Industrial Relations.
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), in a comment to Acting OSHA chief Jordan Barab, voiced its support of OSHA’s proposed rule to approve a Public Employee Only State Plan for Illinois, according to an ASSE press release.
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