by PC Editorial Staff | Mar 28, 2023 | DOL, OSHA, Workplace Hazards
This month, officials from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) discussed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) 2023 enforcement priorities. OSHA revealed its plan at an American Bar Association conference on occupational safety. Discussions...
by PC Editorial Staff | Mar 28, 2023 | Civil Rights Act, Discrimination, DOL, EEOC, Title VII
On March 24th, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that a Maryland staffing company will pay more than $2.6 million to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit. The EEOC obtained the default judgment in the U.S. District Court for the...
by PC Editorial Staff | Mar 21, 2023 | DOL, HazCom, OSHA, Workplace Hazards
Recently, investigators from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) found that an oil and gas waste company in Texas failed to protect workers from chemical inhalation hazards. Subsequently, an employee suffered fatal exposure to hydrogen sulfide...
by PC Editorial Staff | Mar 14, 2023 | DOL, IRS, OSHA, Taxpayers First Act, TFA, whistleblower
On March 10th, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule on handling complaints of whistleblower retaliation. Specifically, the final rule adopts the procedures and time frames for handling employee retaliation complaints stated under the Taxpayer...
by PC Editorial Staff | Mar 14, 2023 | DOL, FLSA, Minimum Wage Law, Wage & Hour, WHD
This month, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released guidance on paying tipped employees and those with dual jobs under the 80/20 rule. The guidance provides information on applying provisions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to tipped employees and those...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 7, 2023 | Discrimination, DOL, Executive Orders, Federal Contractors
On February 28, the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released a memo on religious exemption. By and large, the document explains the rescission of a previous 2020 rule that applied religious exemption to federal...