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U.S. Department of Labor

Published
August 8, 2024

Maine home of Frances Perkins, first female Cabinet member, seeks national monument designation

An architect of New Deal measures like Social Security and the 40-hour work week, Perkins returned throughout her life to a home in Newcastle that had been in her family since the 1750s.
Published
June 13, 2024

Supreme Court sides with Starbucks, makes it harder for labor board to win court orders

The Supreme Court has made it harder for the federal government to win court orders when it suspects a company of interfering in unionization campaigns in a case that stemmed from a labor dispute with Starbucks.
Published
November 13, 2023

New rule would make it easier for millions of American workers to unionize – but businesses are pushing back

Critics say the new rule is an overreach by the labor-friendly Biden administration that undermines independent business owners.
Published
October 24, 2023

Somerset County Jail paid 140 correctional officers $133,000 in overtime case

The jail violated their labor rights from 2017-19, when administrators paid correctional officers less overtime wages than they were entitled to per federal labor laws.
Published
September 10, 2023

Freeport pizzeria says it will comply with Labor Department fine, orders to provide more employee training

The U.S. Department of Labor opened an investigation on Antonia's Pizzeria in November to investigate illegal wage practices.

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Published
August 31, 2023

U.S. Labor Department recovers $200,000 in wages, damages for Freeport pizzeria employees

The agency found that Antonia's Pizzeria violated wage and labor laws. It also obtained a judgment that prohibits the restaurant from retaliating against employees for cooperating with the investigation.
Published
August 23, 2023

Dollar Tree settles on plan to address safety violations in Maine, nationwide

OSHA will require the company to pay $1.35 million for penalties and to make sweeping, systematic changes to address issues commonly found at stores in Maine and across the U.S.
Published
June 28, 2023

Judge upholds decision to fine roofing contractor $1.6 million for OSHA safety violations

Though Shawn D. Purvis was found not guilty of workplace manslaughter after the death of a worker in 2018, he remains liable for civil penalties for 20 federal safety violations, a judge ruled.
Published
March 15, 2023

Bid for a union at Bates College remains stalled in Washington

National Labor Relations Board has yet to rule on Bates' contention that support staff and faculty should not be in the same union.
Published
February 21, 2023

Feds sue Freeport pizza restaurant, alleging interference with wage probe

The U.S. Department of Labor claims the owner of Antonia's Pizzeria failed to pay employees overtime and tried to hinder an investigation of pay practices.