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"December 19, 2024"



Acting Secretary Su shows President Biden a Lucite plaque bearing his signature and a department seal for his induction into the Labor Hall of Honor. [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osec/osec20241216-0 ]



President Biden inducted to Department of Labor Hall of Honor [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osec/osec20241216-0 ]

Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su honored President Joe Biden [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osec/osec20241216-0 ]by announcing his induction into the Labor Hall of Honor, the department’s highest honor. In more than 50 years of public service, President Biden has remained devoted to improving the lives of America’s workers, retirees and their families by championing pro-union policies that strengthen the middle class and build an economy from the middle out and the bottom up. The first sitting president ever to walk a picket line with striking workers, President Biden joins former Labor Secretary Frances Perkins and others in the Hall of Honor, which recognizes individuals and groups whose distinctive contributions in the field of labor have improved working conditions, wages and overall quality of life for working families in the U.S.



Surrounded by a dozen people applauding, President Biden looks up to smile while signing a proclamation at a desk bearing the presidential seal. [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osec/osec20241216 ]



Labor icon's home is now a national monument [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osec/osec20241216 ]

President Biden joined Acting Secretary Su and Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osec/osec20241216 ] this week to designate the Frances Perkins National Monument in Newcastle, Maine. The nation’s fourth and longest-serving labor secretary and the nation’s first woman cabinet secretary, Perkins worked to establish Social Security, unemployment insurance, minimum wage and overtime pay as a central architect of the New Deal, a series of domestic programs, public works projects and financial reforms and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to address the Great Depression. Her efforts helped bring millions of Americans out of poverty and provided them with social service benefits. The Frances Perkins National Monument is her family homestead, which has been owned continuously by the family for 270 years.



The four award recipients pictured together: Jennifer Sheehy, Geoffrey Kenyon and Tony Williams (seated) and Patricia Davidson (standing). [ https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:share:7270178055501885440 ]



Our Presidential Rank Award winners [ https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:share:7270178055501885440 ]

Four department employees recently received the Presidential Rank Award [ https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:share:7270178055501885440 ]: Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Office of Disability Employment Policy Jennifer Sheehy, Deputy Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division Patricia Davidson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget and Performance in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management Geoffrey Kenyon, and Associate Commissioner for Technology and Survey Processing in the Bureau of Labor Statistics Tony Williams. This award represents the hard work, commitment, and perseverance in carrying out the department’s mission.



Young female culinary student being guided by teacher to make macarons [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/eta/eta20241212-0 ]



$99.3M in grants will help prepare young people for career success [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/eta/eta20241212-0 ]

Seventy-one organizations in 31 states will receive more than $99 million in grants [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/eta/eta20241212-0 ]to support skills training and employment services and expand Registered Apprenticeships to equip young workers for jobs in high-demand industries. YouthBuild grants support pre-apprenticeships to educate and train young people from 16 to 24 who are neither enrolled in school or in the labor market.



Loading cargo on the plane in airport, view through window [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osha/osha20241211-1 ]



Airline must pay more than $2M to pilot wrongly fired for reporting safety concerns [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osha/osha20241211-1 ]

A former Asia Pacific Airlines pilot will receive more than $2 million in wages [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osha/osha20241211-1 ], damages and attorney’s fees after a federal investigation determined the employee was illegally reprimanded, suspended and later fired for refusing to fly a cargo plane they believed had an unreliable engine. OSHA found the airline operator, Aero Micronesia Inc., ignored the pilot’s concerns and violated their federally protected rights to raise safety issues. Since 2014, OSHA has received numerous workplace safety complaints from the company’s pilots and, in 2019, a federal judge found Asia Pacific Airlines illegally terminated a pilot who raised several safety concerns.



Woman in business suit holding black clipboard cornered by male colleague [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/ofccp/ofccp20241211 ]



Construction services provider agrees to pay $350K to resolve hostile workplace allegations [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/ofccp/ofccp20241211 ]

Ryan Companies US Inc. will pay $350,000 and take other corrective actions as part of a conciliation agreement [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/ofccp/ofccp20241211 ] with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to resolve allegations that the companies’ employees faced severe and pervasive sexual harassment, a hostile work environment and retaliatory actions after complaining to federal investigators. The affected workers were employed by the Minneapolis company to work on federally funded projects in and around Des Moines, Iowa.



Arborist in orange sweatshirt and safety vest trimming branches near power lines. [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osha/osha20241211 ]



Tree trimming turns deadly for worker unprotected from fatal electrocution [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osha/osha20241211 ]

Federal investigators found a Georgia contractor could have prevented a 38-year-old worker from suffering fatal electrocution [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osha/osha20241211 ]after contact with an unprotected residential power line in Ackworth in May 2024. OSHA cited Serious Tree Services LLC of Marietta for four serious violations after learning the company allowed employees to climb, trim and cut trees within 10 feet of an energized and ungrounded power line without required protective equipment.



IN CASE YOU MISSED IT



Grants awarded [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/eta/eta20241216 ]



Help for displaced workers [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/eta/eta20241216 ]

We’ve awarded $601,782 to Kansas Local Workforce Investment Area [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/eta/eta20241216 ], III to retrain laid off General Motors workers in four counties.

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Two male workers and one female worker are pictured in a collage. [ https://blog.dol.gov/2024/12/17/making-an-impact-for-misclassified-workers ]



Fighting misclassification [ https://blog.dol.gov/2024/12/17/making-an-impact-for-misclassified-workers ]

Since January 2021, we've recovered over $41 million in back wages for more than 28,000 workers [ https://blog.dol.gov/2024/12/17/making-an-impact-for-misclassified-workers ] who were misclassified as independent contractors

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Roof worker wearing safety gear using nail gun to fix shingles to a new roof [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osha/osha20241210-0 ]



Roofers’ risks repeated [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osha/osha20241210-0 ]

Newark construction contractor has been cited for repeated violations of federal fall safety requirements [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osha/osha20241210-0 ], exposing employees to the industry’s primary cause of death and serious injuries. RRC Home Improvement faces $328,545 in penalties.

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Process of ice cream making with professional equipment [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20241212 ]



Deserting child safety [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20241212 ]

A Utah ice cream manufacturer and retailer faces $321,015 in penalties for allowing dozens of 14- and 15-year-old children to operate industrial mixers [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20241212 ]and work later than allowed by law.

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Female mechanical engineer in safety suit inspecting a machine in metal sheet production system. [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osha/osha20241209 ]



Safety failures disrupt lives [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osha/osha20241209 ]

A Cleveland bakeware manufacturer chose not to install machine safety guards or follow safe operating procedures [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osha/osha20241209 ], leading two workers to suffer amputation injuries in June and July.

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A group of hands raised up in a high-five in an office setting. [ https://blog.dol.gov/2024/12/16/more-than-numbers-delivering-life-changing-results ]



Results for workers [ https://blog.dol.gov/2024/12/16/more-than-numbers-delivering-life-changing-results ]

The Employee Benefits Security Administration [ https://blog.dol.gov/2024/12/16/more-than-numbers-delivering-life-changing-results ]may be a small agency, but their impact makes a meaningful difference in the lives of America’s workers and their families.

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Yellow penalty flag atop football on grass [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20241216-0 ]



Tackling wage theft [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20241216-0 ]

Six Utah restaurants, owned by former NFL tackle Mike Keim, schemed to deny 20 employees overtime [ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20241216-0 ] pay until the department forced a “turnover” of $197,936 in wages and damages for the workers.

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DATA SPOTLIGHT



Chart of Financial account statistics and business data. [ https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:7272328248787664901/ ]



Gold award for data-driven outcomes [ https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:7272328248787664901/ ]

We were recognized in the 2024 Invest In What Works Federal Standard of Excellence [ https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:7272328248787664901/ ] with a gold certification for using data and evidence to improve outcomes for America’s workers.



POST OF THE WEEK



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IN THE NEWS




*  *AL.com*: US Labor Secretary visits Birmingham focused on child care and grant funding  [ https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2024/12/us-labor-secretary-visits-birmingham-focused-on-childcare-and-grant-funding.html ]
* *Rome Daily Sentinel*: Frankfort man honored for efforts in national apprenticeship program [ https://www.romesentinel.com/townnews/work/frankfort-man-honored-for-efforts-in-national-apprenticeship-program/article_adfbab3c-b7c5-11ef-a7f9-fb05402ef445.html ] 
* *Toledo Blade*: Stellantis fined for violation following fatal accident  [ https://www.toledoblade.com/business/labor/2024/12/10/stellantis-fined-for-violation-following-fatal-accident/stories/20241210101 ]
* *Ability Magazine*: DOL’s Assistant Secretary of Labor for Disability Employment Policy Taryn Mackenzie Williams [ https://abilitymagazine.com/dols-assistant-secretary-of-labor-for-disability-employment-policy-taryn-mackenzie-williams/ ] 
* *For Construction Pros:* Inside the Mining Industry's New Opioid Prevention Resource  [ https://www.forconstructionpros.com/business/business-services/coaching-consulting/article/22927244/safe-project-inside-the-mining-industrys-new-opioid-prevention-resource ]
* *Your Erie.com*: PA home care agency ordered to pay $414K for overtime violations [ https://www.yourerie.com/news/pennsylvania-news/pa-home-care-agency-ordered-to-pay-414k-for-overtime-violations/ ]

 

 

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