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Updated : DOL\'s OSHA cites 2 companies, proposes $288,000 in fines for workplace safety and health violations involving foreign students [02/21/2012] The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Exel Inc. for nine ? including six willful ? workplace safety and health violations at the Eastern Distribution Center III, a facility in Palmyra owned by the Hershey Co. and operated by Exel. Proposed penalties total $283,000. OSHA also has cited the SHS Group LP, doing business as SHS Staffing Solutions, for one violation with a proposed penalty of $5,000. DOL extends comment period on proposed rule to provide minimum wage and overtime protections for in-home care workers [02/21/2012] The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division has announced a 14-day extension of the comment period for its proposed rule to provide minimum wage and overtime protections for nearly 2 million workers who provide in-home care services. Currently, workers classified as ?companions? are exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act's minimum wage and overtime pay requirements. When established in 1974, such exemptions were meant to apply to casual babysitters and companions for the elderly and infirm ? not workers who chose in-home care service as a vocation and were responsible for supporting their families. The proposal would, if enacted, grant the exemption to households where the services are provided but not third-party staffing agencies. It would further clarify that companionship services are those directly related to the fellowship and protection of a care recipient. DOL announces more than $12 million in grants available to states to improve workforce data quality [02/21/2012] Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today announced that $12 million is available for grants through the Workforce Data Quality Initiative, which will enable states to build or expand longitudinal databases that link workforce and education data to improve understanding about the performance of workforce development programs among those who benefit from and make decisions about them. Statement by Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis on extension of Unemployment Insurance benefits and the payroll tax cut [02/17/2012] Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis has issued the following statement on congressional action today on the extension of Unemployment Insurance benefits and the payroll tax cut: Statement by Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis on workforce investment [02/16/2012] The Government Accountability Office recently released and testified today on its report titled Workforce Investment Act: Innovative Collaborations Between Workforce Boards and Employers Helped Meet Local Needs (GAO-12-97). Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis has issued the following statement. |