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US Department of Labor investigation finds Chicago construction employer exposed workers to continued safety hazards, proposes $265K in penalties

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US Department of Labor investigation finds Chicago construction employer exposed workers to continued safety hazards, proposes $265K in penalties CHICAGO – The U.S. Department of Labor has cited a Calumet City-based residential construction and carpentry employer after two separate investigations into its continued failure to provide fall protection for workers. The department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigated two worksites operated by Martin Araujo – doing business as Araujo Construction Corp. – and found that carpenters and general construction laborers were installing roof rafters and roof sheeting without fall protection, exposing them to falls of up to 25 feet. OSHA cited Araujo Construction with two willful violations for not providing fall protection, while working from heights during residential construction at the two worksites. OSHA also cited the employer with nine repeat safety violations for failing to provide head and eye protection, l...
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US Department of Labor finds roofing contractors willfully ignored fall protections that led to 19-year-old worker’s deadly fall

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US Department of Labor finds roofing contractors willfully ignored fall protections that led to 19-year-old worker’s deadly fall NEVILLE ISLAND, PA – A workplace safety investigation into the June death in Neville Island of a 19-year-old roofing worker who fell 30 feet through an unprotected skylight found two commercial contractors willfully failed to use fall protection systems that might have saved his life. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration determined Top Choice Roofing Service in Hadley, and Mast’s Top Choice Roofing Service, Jefferson, Ohio – who jointly employed the worker – ignored federal requirements to use fall protection systems around skylights and on a low-sloped roof. The companies also allowed the use of an aerial lift without fall protection. OSHA issued two willful and one serious citation to each company. Both companies now qualify for inclusion in OSHA’s Severe Violator Program because the willful citation is related direc...
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In India’s Water-Stressed Villages, Modi Seeks a Tap for Every Home

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By Mujib Mashal, Hari Kumar and Saumya Khandelwal from NYT World https://ift.tt/328VLMU via IFTTT
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LaChanze, at Home in ‘The Color Purple’ House

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The $1 Pizza Slice Becomes Inflation’s Latest Victim

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Pivoting to New Horizons With Career Help

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By Kristen Bayrakdarian from NYT Neediest Cases https://ift.tt/3mmNews via IFTTT
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Markets sink on Omicron fears and a critical setback on the U.S. spending plan.

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By Coral Murphy Marcos from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/3GVwFj6 via IFTTT
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O tribunal federal condena empresa de Massachusetts com histórico de violações do Ato de Padrões Justos do Trabalho (FLSA) a pagar $438,000 em horas extras não pagas a 250 trabalhadores

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O tribunal federal condena empresa de Massachusetts com histórico de violações do Ato de Padrões Justos do Trabalho (FLSA) a pagar $438,000 em horas extras não pagas a 250 trabalhadores BOSTON – O Tribunal Distrital dos EUA para o Distrito de Massachusetts condenou uma empresa de Massachusetts a pagar $438.000 em salários atrasados a 250 trabalhadores por violação do Ato dos Padrões Justos de Trabalho , depois de o tribunal ter previamente ordenado o contratante a pagar indenização por danos punitivos por retaliação ilegal sob a FLSA. A JKA Construction Inc., sediada em Woburn, e os proprietários Clesio Da Silva, Fabio Da Costa, Rafael De Paula e Josias De Paula terão igualmente de pagar $64.750 em sanções de caráter civil ao Departamento de Trabalho dos EUA para resolver violações intencionais aos requisitos do Ato dos Padrões Justos de Trabalho (FLSA) em matéria de horas extras. Uma investigação da  Divisão de Horas e Salários do Departamento de Trabalho dos EUA, concluiu que, e...
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