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Department of Labor will celebrate benefits of Registered Apprenticeships as valuable pathway to good jobs during first Youth Apprenticeship Week

Department of Labor will celebrate benefits of Registered Apprenticeships as valuable pathway to good jobs during first Youth Apprenticeship Week WASHINGTON – The Department of Labor today announced that the nation will celebrate the benefits of Registered Apprenticeships and the opportunities they create for youth and young adults with 320 special events and more than 70 proclamations scheduled across the U.S. to mark the first annual Youth Apprenticeship Week from May 5-11. Built on the success of National Apprenticeship Week, Youth Apprenticeship Week will give employers, unions, educators, state agencies, workforce partners, community-based organizations and other Registered Apprenticeship sponsors the opportunity to showcase their programs and successes in youth apprenticeships. The annual commemoration also offers youth apprentices a platform on which they can share their apprenticeship experiences and educate the public about the benefits of local youth apprenticeship programs.

US Department of Labor urges caution for workers involved in recovery efforts after powerful storms impact Mississippi, Southeast

US Department of Labor urges caution for workers involved in recovery efforts after powerful storms impact Mississippi, Southeast ATLANTA - After severe weather swept through much of the Southeast on March 24 and spawned at least 27 tornadoes across Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee, workers involved in cleanup activities face dangers during recovery operations. To reduce these dangers, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration urges employers to ensure that workers have the proper training, equipment and expertise to perform cleanup activities. Workers face hazards related to falls, downed power lines, fallen trees and struck-by hazards as they conduct recovery operations. Employers and workers should also be aware of heat illness, and hazards posed from equipment used during response and recovery operations. “The deadly storms that impacted much of the Southeast generated horrific results. OSHA urges employers and workers not to compound

Bail Law Is a Key Stumbling Block as New York’s Budget Deadline Looms

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California to Require Half of All Heavy Trucks Sold by 2035 to Be Electric

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Gerhard Richter’s (Sort of) Gifts for a New Museum Go on Show

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In a Land With No Soccer, Group Hopes to Use It to Score Climate Goals

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Focusing on the Design Inside of Golf Homes

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As a Golf Course Developer, He’s Playing the Long Game

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Disney’s Feud With DeSantis Adds Another Wrinkle

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House Passes G.O.P. Energy Bill, Pushing to Roll Back Biden Climate Measures

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A Knack for Wordplay and Kindness Is Rewarded

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‘Giraffe’ Review: Introspection in the Danish Countryside

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Seeking a Studio on the East Side of Manhattan for $600,000: These Were Her Options

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36 Hours in Panama City, Panama

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Mexico Investigates Migrant Deaths in Border City Fire as Homicide Case

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US Department of Labor HC Beck LTD School of Construction sign alliance to educate employers, keep workers safe

US Department of Labor HC Beck LTD School of Construction sign alliance to educate employers, keep workers safe Participants:      U.S. Department of Labor’s occupational safety and Health Administration                                   HC Beck LTD School of Construction                                                                                                                                                                                                            Timothy Minor, OSHA’s Fort Worth Area Office director, Basil Singh, OSHA’s Dallas Area Office director and Gradlin Franks The Beck Group director of diversity and Inclusion, sign a 2-year alliance to promote understanding of workplace safety and health rights and responsibilities. Alliance description:  OSHA’s Dallas and Fort Worth Area offices and the HC Beck LTD have signed a 2-year alliance to educate employers and employees on work hazards. OSHA and Beck LTD will continue emphasis on construction, providing inform

After Earthquake, a Turkish Journalist Debates Leaving Home

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China’s Soccer Experiment Was a Flop. Now It May Be Over.

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Can New York Fix Its Housing Crisis? It Depends on the Suburbs

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By Mihir Zaveri, Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Michael D. Regan from NYT New York https://ift.tt/cFJIZLH via IFTTT

Wallkill, N.Y.: An Escape From ‘Hip and Trendy’

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Go On, Take the Kids to Mykonos: Adult Resorts Open Up to Families

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Appleton roofing general contractor, Kaukauna subcontractor cited for repeatedly failing to protect employees from exposure to deadly fall hazards

Appleton roofing general contractor, Kaukauna subcontractor cited for repeatedly failing to protect employees from exposure to deadly fall hazards APPLETON, WI – Federal workplace safety inspectors have found that Security-Luebke Roofing Inc. – one of Fox Valley’s largest roofing general contractors – allowed a roofing subcontractor to expose workers to potentially deadly falls at an Appleton worksite, just two months after the general contractor discussed the importance of safe work practices with the U.S. Department of Labor. An inspector with the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration observed at least nine workers employed by JJ Roofing Co. of Kaukauna in October 2022 exposed to fall hazards. Representatives of Security-Luebke were on-site while the subcontractor’s employees were at-risk. OSHA cited Security-Luebke Roofing Inc. and Jesus Robles Hernandez – operating as JJ Roofing Co. – for violating federal fall protection requirements. Inspectors also found th

Lucas Museum in Los Angeles Slated to Open in 2025

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The Fight Over ‘Cop City’

By Sabrina Tavernise, Alex Stern, Eric Krupke, Rob Szypko, Asthaa Chaturvedi, John Ketchum, Michael Benoist, Marion Lozano, Dan Powell, Sophia Lanman, Rowan Niemisto and Chris Wood from NYT Podcasts https://ift.tt/LBTyrJ0 via IFTTT

Dollar General Is Deemed a ‘Severe Violator’ by the Labor Dept.

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I Am Going Blind, and I Now Find It Strangely Exhilarating

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Bracing for More Protests, France Is Caught in a Tense Impasse

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China’s Cities Are Buried in Debt, but They Keep Shoveling It On

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After Doling Out Huge Loans, China Is Now Bailing Out Countries

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Love, Absence and Loss, Filtered Through Philosophical Poems

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Bobbi Ercoline, Whose Hug Became a Symbol of Woodstock, Dies at 73

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Children Are Not the Answer to a Labor Shortage. Here’s How to Protect Them.

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In Africa, Kamala Harris Looks to Deepen Relations Amid China’s Influence

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His ‘Soft White Cube’ Is Conquering TriBeCa

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When I Got Cancer, My Dreams Told Me What My Doctors Could Not

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Putin Says He Could Put Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Belarus by Summer

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Steve Cohen’s Amazin’, Maddening, Money-Losing Bid to Own New York

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Welcome to Muskville, Texas

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In a Roman Tomb, ‘Dead Nails’ Reveal an Occult Practice

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Cleaner Air Helps Everyone. It Helps Black Communities a Lot.

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LG Will Spend $5.5 Billion on a Battery Factory in Arizona

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The Artist Crafting Fantastical Headpieces From Watches, Seashells and Stuffed Animals

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A River Choking on Fish Corpses, and a Community Full of Anger

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A Million Bodies Are Buried Here. Now It’s Becoming a Park.

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A Trump Rally, a Right-Wing Cause and the Enduring Legacy of Waco

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Driver Strikes Highway Workers in Maryland, Killing 6

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Where It’s Cheaper to Build Than Buy

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A Water System So Broken That One Pipe Leaks 5 Million Gallons a Day

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US Department of Labor recovers $46K in back wages for Indiana construction workers on federal projects

US Department of Labor recovers $46K in back wages for Indiana construction workers on federal projects Employer:  Force Construction Company Inc., Columbus, Indiana Investigation findings:  U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators recovered $46,125 in back wages for 35 employees after evaluating the company’s pay practices on 10 government contracts. Investigators determined the construction company violated the Davis Bacon and Related Acts and the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act by: Exceeding the number of apprentices permitted under their respective apprenticeship programs in ratio to journeymen. Failing to pay the applicable basic hourly rate to all laborers and mechanics on the job site. This resulted in overtime being calculated and paid at the wrong rate. Some workers were paid a percentage of the required rate when they should have been paid the full hourly rate. Back Wages Recovered: $46,125 in overtime back wages for 35 employees.           

Bank Crisis Could Cast Pall Over Commercial Real Estate Market

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Federal investigation of teen worker’s fall from New Castle store roof finds Georgia contractor violated child labor, overtime, worker safety laws

Federal investigation of teen worker’s fall from New Castle store roof finds Georgia contractor violated child labor, overtime, worker safety laws NEW CASTLE, PA – A federal investigation into why a 17-year-old worker – who fell 24 feet from the roof of a New Castle, Pennsylvania, home improvement store in October 2022 – was doing work that violated child labor laws led to a wider review into how the roofing contractor failed to pay 30 employees their full wages and exposed other workers to dangerous fall hazards. The U.S. Department of Labor found JVS Roofing of Jonesboro, Georgia, hired the teenager for roofing work, an occupation defined as hazardous for young workers by the Fair Labor Standards Act. The young worker sustained minor injuries after the fall. Further investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division into the employer’s pay practices found JVS misclassified 30 workers as independent contractors. By doing so, the employer illegally exempted them from overtime pa

Israel Votes to Scrap Law Barring Settlers at Four Evacuated West Bank Sites

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What’s It Like to Live in a Grocery Store? Surprisingly Comfortable.

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Jam or Cream First? Notes From One Woman’s Decade of Eating Scones.

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What’s It Like to Live in a Grocery Store? Surprisingly Comfortable.

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These New Yorkers Don’t ❤️ the ‘We ❤️NYC’ Logo

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