Labor Department News Releases Update

In the week ending October 6, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 339,000, a decrease of 30,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 369,000. The 4-week moving average was 364,000, a decrease of 11,500 from the previous week's revised average of 375,500.

The U.S. Department of Labor has launched its online Workplace Flexibility Toolkit to provide employees, job seekers, employers, policymakers and researchers with information, resources and a unique approach to workplace flexibility.

An open meeting of the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, known as the ERISA Advisory Council, will take place Oct. 30-31 at the U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20210. On Oct. 30, the meeting will be held in Room 4 of Suite C-5521 from 1-5 p.m. EDT. On Oct. 31, the meeting will be in Room S-2508 from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. EDT.

Crème de la Crème, a Denver-based child care provider with locations throughout the country, has paid $41,440 in back wages owed to 354 current and former child care workers due to violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime and record-keeping provisions. Investigations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found violations at 21 day care centers in Colorado, Texas, Georgia, Kansas, New Jersey, Virginia, Ohio and Illinois.