US Department of Labor recovers $24K in fringe benefits, paid sick leave for 13 employees of Virginia rehabilitation, nursing care center

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Employer:                                            Hopewell Operator LLC, operating as Wonder City Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Employer Address:                             905 Cousins Ave., Hopewell, VA 23860 Investigation findings:                        An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division determined the employer violated federal law when it failed to pay the health and welfare benefits

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US Department of Labor recovers $154K in back wages, damages from Georgia plastics manufacturer that shortchanged 743 workers of full overtime

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ATLANTA – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $154,009 in back wages and liquidated damages from an international plastics manufacturer that willfully failed to include bonus payments when calculating overtime for 743 workers. The wage recovery ends an exhaustive effort, highlighted by a March 1, 2024, Office of Administrative Law Judges consent decree in which Primex Plastics

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Department of Labor obtains order forbidding California transportation provider from retaliating against drivers, interfering with their rights

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LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a permanent injunction and court order forbidding a California transportation company from retaliating against drivers and illegally shifting liability for labor law violations onto workers who exercised their federally protected rights. A Sept. 25, 2024, consent judgment and order in the U.S. District Court for

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Department of Labor launches tool to provide workers with disabilities, employers ideas for workplace accommodations

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WASHINGTON  – As the nation marks  National Disability Employment Awareness Month , the U.S. Department of Labor today announced the availability of a new tool that provides access to more than 700 accommodation ideas for workers with disabilities and their employers. The “Situations and Solutions Finder” offers examples of workplace accommodations shared by users of the

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The General Secretariat of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf signs a memorandum of understanding with Oracle to unify the purchase of HR system licenses

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 وقعت الأمانة العامة لمجلس التعاون لدول الخليج العربية مذكرة تفاهم مع شركة أوراكل، حيث جرت مراسم توقيع مذكرة التفاهم خلال شهر سبتمبر ٢٠٢٤ في العاصمة القطرية الدوحة، وذلك بهدف توحيد شراء تراخيص أنظمة الموارد البشرية لدول مجلس التعاون والحصول على أسعار مناسبة للبرمجيات، وتحقيق أقصى درجات الكفاءة الاقتصادية للمشتريات بأسعار تنافسية وفق أحدث المواصفات. ,وقد مثّل

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