Saturday - November 23, 2024
*Pennsylvania Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for Sunday November 10, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Department of Labor Awards More Than $10.5M in Grants to Support Mine Safety, Health Training Across the Nation
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2024: * * * Supports delivery of federally mandated education in 45 states, territories * * * The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration has awarded more than $10.5 million in grants to organizations in 45 states, the Navajo Nation and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to reduce mining accidents,   more

Labor Dept.: Federal Court Orders Pennsylvania Home Healthcare Agency to Pay $810K in Back Wages, Damages to 196 Workers Denied Minimum Wage, Overtime
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Wyncote Wellness LLC also must pay civil money penalties for willful violations * * * WYNCOTE, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OPA/newsreleases/2024/11/20241891Wyncote%20Wellnesscj.pdf) requiring a Wyncote home healthcare agency and its owner, Dominique Conner, to pay 196 direct care employees a total of $  more