A worker died in a ship's cargo hold in Florida after 2 tons of paper crushed him against a wall, Department of Labor says

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A worker was crushed to death by two tons of paper being hoisted onto a ship, the DOL said.

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2 Florida restaurants kept staff tips to cover dine-and-dash customers and illegally charged workers for their uniforms, the DOL says

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Two restaurants were located in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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Biden is set to use his first veto to save what Republicans call a "woke" rule that lets retirement fund managers consider companies' social and environmental records

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President Biden is set to end the COVID-19 national and public health emergencies in May.

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The White House is cracking down on companies illegally using migrant children to fill the labor shortage as 15-year-olds pack Cheerios and 13-year-olds change your hotel sheets

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A Honduran child sits on his mother's lap aboard a bus leaving the Metropolitan Center of San Pedro Sula, 300 kms north of Tegucigalpa, travelling towards the Guatemala border on April 9, 2019.

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McDonald's locations in Pennsylvania broke child labor laws, with kids under 16 operating deep fryers, Labor Department says

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McDonald's locations in Pennsylvania employed more than 150 children in violation of federal law, according to the US Department of Labor.

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If you're a gig worker, your boss might be using a technicality to underpay you

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Construction workers are losing out on thousands by being misclassified.

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