Department of Labor Archives

Department of Labor: Four Oregon Contractors Failed To Pay Benefits

September 22, 2023 by Zennie Abraham

U.s. Labor Department Makes Prime Care Nursing Inc. Pay $314k In Back Wages

PORTLAND – (Exclusive to ZennieReport.com) The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $947,547 from four Oregon contractors who failed to pay fringe benefits, prevailing and overtime wages to 213 employees working on federally funded construction projects in Oregon and Washington. The recovery of four Oregon contractors money follows several investigations by the Department of Labor’s … Read more

Planned Labor Department Overtime Changes Would Harm Hotels, Hurt Workers

August 30, 2023 by Zennie Abraham

WASHINGTON (Aug. 30, 2023) – American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) President & CEO Chip Rogers is speaking out today after the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a proposal to increase the minimum salary threshold for employees to qualify as salaried executive, administrative, and professional employees (and therefore exempt from overtime pay requirements) under the … Read more

Recent Posts

The Big Mess That Was A Joint Statement By Oakland City Council At Large Candidates On Ballot Placement Problem

by Zennie Abraham

November 22, 2024

Oakland, CA (Special to ZennieReport.com) – Originally, a number of Oakland City Council Candidates, starting first with Selika Thomas, noted that the placement of names on the 2024 Elections ballot were such that Ms. Thomas’ name, in particular, was completely off the screen – unless you had the presence-of-mind to scroll down. That indicates a ... Read more

MSNBC Morning Joe Team Fears Trump AG Pick Matt Gaetz Will Dig Up Old Intern Death Incident

by Zennie Abraham

November 21, 2024

Washington D.C. (Special to ZennieReport.com) – What this all has to do with matters of true national law enforcement interest is a question, but for now the news is that there’s a reason the MSNBC Morning Joe team of Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski went down to Trump’s home The Mar-A-Lago Club in Palm Beach ... Read more

Political Attacks On Oakland Progressives Didn’t Score On All Fronts And Here’s Why

by Zennie Abraham

November 17, 2024

Oakland (Special to ZennieReport.com) – The much talked about political attacks on those in Oakland who call themselves “progressive” or who are identified as such by other political observers, had a look that it was going to succeed and with flying colors. But, if one eliminates the victorious recall votes against Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao ... Read more

Robert Purbeck 10 Years In Jail For Hacking, Identity Theft

by Zennie Abraham

November 14, 2024

Washington, D.C. (Special to ZennieReport.com) – On Wednesday, November 13th, 2024, an Idaho man named Robert Purbeck was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for hacking into the computer servers of 19 victims across the United States, stealing personally identifiable information (PII) belonging to more than 132,000 people, and attempting to extort a Florida ... Read more

Derrick Bernard Jr., Ashely Blackcloud, Deanna West, Indicted For Hate Crime

by Zennie Abraham

November 14, 2024

Denver (Special to ZennieReport.com) – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Derrick Bernard Jr., 35, Ashely Blackcloud, 40, and Deanna West, 38, were indicted by a federal grand jury for maliciously conveying false information about a threat made by means of fire: a burning cross in front of a ... Read more

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Thanks Gene! That means a lot. You have seen it all. You're an ultra-valuable Oakland observer! Keith should answer for…

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Unlike the Federal subpoenas enforced against Mayor Thao, the City of Oakland, and others, the PEC subpoena was total bs…

More. Much more to come on this subject related to the Mayor Thao Vietnam Trip.