Similarly, in another decision, a federal judge out of the Southern District of Texas issued an opinion questioning the constitutionality of administrative law judges within the various Department of Labor (“DOL”) agencies. Like the NLRB decisions discussed above, this decision was not a nationwide...
Labor Dept. gets $101K back-wage levy in Texas.Reports on the decision of the restaurant Taquerias Mexico to pay workers back wages after the U.S. Department of Labor's wage investigations in Houston, Texas.EBSCO_bspNations Restaurant News...
Filing a Complaint With the U.S. Department of Labor An employee who thinks they have been discriminated against can also file a complaint with theU.S. Department of Labor’s Wage & Hour Division (DOL). This federal government agency has a longer time period than does the TWC – up to ...
The Department of Labor is alleging that a worker at Peterbilt Motor Co. in Denton was fired after voicing concerns about exposure to COVID-19. Nov 17, 2021 'This Could Be Disastrous' - Texas Businesses Push Back Against New Federal Vaccine Requirements ...
On Friday, June 24, 2024, the business day before the Biden Department of Labor’snew overtime rulewas scheduled to take effect, a federal district judge granted the State of Texas’s motion for a preliminary injunction to postpone the effective date of the rule, concluding...
…the Labor Department’s latest state jobs report…shows that California lost jobs in nearly every industry in the year before Donald Trump took office. …California gained a net 22,400 from January 2024 to January 2025. All of its net new jobs were in government (58,300), and healthcare...
Which stores are open — and closed — on Labor Day On the federal holiday that celebrates workers, many stores will be open during regular business hours. Sep 4, 2023 Gas prices increase ahead of Labor Day weekend Hurricane Idalia could be a contributing factor. Aug 31, 2023CBS...
Workers are entitled to accurate management and dispersal of funds they earned as a result of their labor, and their employers must follow the regulations set forth by federal, state and local law to compensate employees accurately and fairly, or answer to the Department of Labor. Although ...
Many initial inquiries that I take in my office come from people recently or about to be laid off and inquiring about their rights. Before talking about your rights, here are the brutal statistics regarding recent layoffs in Texas: (Source: U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statis...
training and a job search. The worker must have been laid off from a job that is covered under a U.S. Department of Labor-certified trade. These displaced workers are also eligible to receive a Trade Readjustment Allowance (TRA) income. The weekly TRA can be claimed after all unemployment...