U.S. Department of Labor | February 12, 2021 |
Combating Fraud The department is providing $49 million in grants to help 28 states and territories combat unemployment insurance fraud. |
A More Inclusive Economy With the unemployment rate at 6.3%, many working families are still in crisis. Our new chief economist shares how a more inclusive economy could benefit all Americans. |
Disaster Recovery Grants An additional $2,935,100 in grant funding will help support continued employment in California for disaster-relief cleanup and recovery after severe winter storms in 2019. |
Improving Investment Advice Our Employee Benefits Security Administration has confirmed that an exemption for investment advice fiduciaries will go into effect as scheduled on Feb. 16, 2021. |
| Prevailing Wages A federal contractor working at Nevada’s Tonopah Test Range has paid $293,051 in back wages and fringe benefits to 69 employees after a department investigation. |
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| Wages Restored The owner of eight residential care facilities in California will pay $135,092 in back wages to 56 employees and $27,872 in civil penalties for minimum wage and overtime violations. |
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| Fair Labor Grants The department issued three grants to fight labor abuses around the world. |
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| Overtime Enforcement An Ohio health care service provider has paid $92,275 in back wages after investigators found it regularly failed to pay its employees overtime wages. |
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| Embezzlement Sentence A federal court in Texas has sentenced a former train engineers’ union secretary-treasurer to six months incarceration for embezzlement, and ordered him to pay $61,386 in restitution. |
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