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How we’re improving job quality across the nation
Last week, Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh delivered a keynote address that highlighted the current labor dynamics in the U.S., unveiling the Good Jobs Initiative, a national effort to improve job quality and create access to good-paying jobs. He also described the department’s efforts to support workers, families and businesses by protecting workers’ health, putting more money in workers’ pockets, expanding high-quality training for good-paying local jobs, modernizing our unemployment insurance system and more.
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New report highlights shortcomings in providing mental health and substance-use disorder benefits
Health plans and health insurance issuers aren’t delivering parity for mental health and substance-use disorder benefits, according to a new report.
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Encouraging vaccination in mining communities
COVID-19 vaccines help prevent severe illness. Learn how we’re bringing free, voluntary vaccination clinics to mining operations in Kentucky and Arizona, where vaccination rates are reportedly below 60%.
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Raising the wage for federal contract workers
Starting Jan. 30, 2022, the minimum wage for federal contract workers will increase to $15 per hour. Affecting more than 300,000 workers, this raise comes at a time of historic federal investment in our nation’s infrastructure that will help create millions of new jobs in construction and related industries.
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Advisory highlights Burma’s labor rights abuses and business risks
Since a February 2021 coup, the Burmese military regime has targeted the country’s labor union movement, outlawing 16 labor unions, attacking striking workers, and arresting many union leaders and members. A Burma Business Advisory issued this week highlights the risks of doing business due to corruption, illicit finance and human rights abuses in the country.
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$7.2 million recovered
A Virginia medical staffing agency must pay more than $7.2 million in back wages and damages after denying overtime to 1,105 certified nursing aides, licensed practical nurses and registered nurses.
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Back wages
We filed suit against a federal contractor that failed to ensure its subcontractors paid 4,047 employees as required at 88 Iowa sites, resulting in $3.3 million in back wages due.
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Safety citation
OSHA has cited a Chicago-area pizza manufacturer after a worker was fatally injured while cleaning a machine in July 2021.
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Overtime wages
A Brooklyn bus and shuttle service must pay $742,500 in back wages and damages to 368 shuttle drivers, following an investigation and litigation.
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