U.S. Labor Department News

United Settles Lawsuit Over Safety Hazards at New Jersey Airport

United Continental Holdings Inc. will install new conveyor belts and take other steps to improve worker safety at its Newark Liberty International Airport hub in New Jersey, after federal inspectors found hazardous conditions in its baggage handling operations there. The …

Exiting U.S. Mine Safety Chief Hopeful Safety Progress Will Continue

The nation’s coal mines are headed for another record low year in workplace deaths, and the outgoing federal mine safety chief said he’s hopeful that mining companies will work with the incoming Trump administration to continue that progress. Joe Main …

Arkansas-Based Tyson Foods to Pay $1.6M to Settle Hiring Charges

Tyson Foods Inc., will pay $1.6 million to settle federal allegations of hiring discrimination at six plants in Arkansas, New Mexico and Texas. Tyson and the U.S. Labor Department announced the deal on Oct. 4. The agency alleged the Springdale, …

Oklahoma Restaurant Faces Suit over Wage, Child Labor Violations

The U.S. Labor Department has accused a Wichita Mountains roadside restaurant of violating wage and child labor laws. A U.S. District Court complaint filed in Oklahoma City says Meers Store & Restaurant owes more than $181,000 to workers for unpaid …

Lawsuit in 2011 Nevada Gold Mine Death Settled

A lawyer for the Utah family of a contract worker at a Nevada gold mine that paid more than $100,000 in U.S. safety fines after he was killed there in 2011 says they’ve settled a wrongful death suit with Newmont …

SF Bay Area Chuck E. Cheese Restaurants Fined

Nine Chuck E. Cheese restaurants in the San Francisco Bay area have been fined a total of more than $28,000 for violating federal child labor laws. The U.S. Labor Department, which announced the fines this week, said teenagers at some …

Southern California Food Importer to Pay $400K in Discrimination Case

A Southern California Asian food importer has agreed to pay $400,000 in back wages and interest to 71 women who were rejected for sales jobs. The U.S. Labor Department says in a news release Thursday that Tokyo-based Nishimoto Trading Co. …