Lester Claravall, head of the Oklahoma Department of Labor, Child Labor Unit, is being honored by the cable industry for his demonstrated commitment to improving education in his community.
The Louisiana Department of Labor said it is ready to help those who will be out of a job when shirt manufacturer Kenneth Gordon closes its Harahan facility on June 8.
Vangent, Inc., a leading global provider of information management and business process outsourcing solutions, today announced that the Department of Labor DOL has awarded the company a nearly $94 million contract to develop, implement, and manage the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ERISA Filing Acceptance System 2 (EFAST2) program.
Workers who take a voluntary layoff or early retirement offer aren't eligible for unemployment benefits, according to a state appellate panel ruling handed down last week. The case, In Re Adoption Of N.J.A.C. 12:17-9.6 By The State Of New Jersey Department Of Labor, was brought byVerizon New Jersey Inc. and...
Panel interviewing allows multiple people to interview a job candidate at the same time. A panel has two or more participants, which may include the direct manager for the role, human resources staff, department managers, and/or the candidate’s potential colleagues. Peer participants commonly participate when recruiting a new senior staff...
Every U.S. business must comply with the minimum wage laws of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA. This article shows the current national minimum hourly wage, explains whom it applies to, and lists the exceptions. It also describes which elements of workers’ pay are included in the minimum wage...
Employers should ensure that their policies result in all compensable work time being tracked, including all forms of compensable telework, according to a former administrator of the U.S. Department of Labor DOL Wage and Hour Division. That includes at-home training. In a recent nonadministrator DOL opinion letter, the department approved...
Richard Holden from the U.S. Department of Labor will speak to HVACR instructors at the March 16-19 HVAC Excellence Educators and Trainers Conference in Las Vegas. Richard Holden from the U.S. Department of Labor will speak to HVACR instructors at the March 16-19...
Department of Labor DOL opinion letters sometimes tip off HR professionals that some of their employees have been misclassified under the Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA before employees recognize the mistake. Going to the DOL for help may seem lik Department of Labor DOL opinion letters...
The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded a grant for $300,000 per year to the St. Patrick Center so that it can help homeless veterans find jobs, as well as provide a variety of other services. Located in downtown St. Louis, the center provides services that help homeless people become...
Workers formerly employed by Carrier Access Corp. in Tulsa have been ruled eligible for the Trade Readjustment Assistance program by the U.S. Department of Labor, according to the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission.
The U.S. Department of Labor has launched a new system to track job-related complaints filed by veterans, National Guard members and military reservists.
Byline: Doug Halonen WASHINGTON - The Department of Labor has put the issue of enhanced 401k fee disclosure on its agenda, a move that could take some of the wind out of the sails of a legislative threat. ...
The U.S. Department of Labor said it obtained a consent judgment removing National Management Systems LLC, of Columbia, and its owner, William Ray Miller II, as fiduciaries to the company's pension plan, and permanently barring them from fiduciary service to any employee benefit plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income...
The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded three local Goodwill agencies grants totaling more than $500,000 a year for two years to support job training and education for at-risk youth ages 16 to 24. Part of the department's first YouthBuild award, the grants will fund education in...
The U.S. Department of Labor has announced that The Power/Excel Foundation Inc. and Alternative Directions Inc. of Baltimore will share in $3.8 million in grants being awarded to 73 faith-based and community organizations involved in work force development. The Power/Excel Foundation and Alternative Directions were selected as among the best...
The U.S. Department of Labor announced it filed suit in U.S. District Court in Baltimore against the King Tile Co., of Baltimore, a ceramic tile distributor that went out of business in 2003, for failing to administer and terminate the company's 401k plan so that assets could be distributed to...
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