US Department of Labor recovers $105K in unpaid wages, damages after investigation finds Lacey restaurants violated overtime, child labor laws

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Employer:      Macarios Inc., Los Primos Inc., Dos Oros Inc., operating as Mayan Mexican Restaurant                        4520 Pacific Ave. SE                         Lacey, WA 98503                                                                                                     Investigation findings: An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found the restaurant employer failed to pay workers their full earnings in

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Federal court enters consent judgment ordering New Jersey framing contractor to pay $360K for wage, retaliation violations at Lynn, Massachusetts project

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BOSTON – A federal court in Boston has entered a consent judgment ordering a New Jersey-based framing contractor to pay 61 construction employees $283,492 in back wages and liquidated damages and $46,507 in punitive damages to two former employees, allegedly fired for cooperating with U.S. Department of Labor investigators. The department obtained the judgment in the U.S.

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EPA Seeks Additional Public Engagement on Proposal to Protect U.S. Waters from Incidental Discharges from Vessels

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EPA Seeks Additional Public Engagement on Proposal to Protect U.S. Waters from Incidental Discharges from Vessels October 17, 2023 Contact Information EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a supplemental proposed rule to reduce the spread of invasive species that occurs with normal operation of large marine vessels.

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EPA and OSHA Investigations Lead to Convictions of Company Officials in Deadly Mill Explosion Case

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EPA and OSHA Investigations Lead to Convictions of Company Officials in Deadly Mill Explosion Case October 17, 2023 Contact Information EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov) WASHINGTON – On Friday, Oct. 13, a federal jury in Madison, Wisconsin, convicted current and former Didion Milling Inc. officials of workplace safety, environmental, fraud and obstruction of justice charges following a

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The Next Chapter of Secure by Design

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October 17, 2023,Yesterday, CISA Director Jen Easterly announced the second iteration of CISA’s Secure by Design whitepaper, “Shifting the Balance of Cybersecurity Risk: Principles and Approaches for Secure by Design Software” at the Singapore Cyber Week conference. Since releasing the first version of the whitepaper in April, we received a great deal of constructive and

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