Tag: OSHA

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Penalties that total $244,581 would be reduced to $125,000. But if Lema fails to complete any of the safety measures, he would owe the entire $244,581.

Lema knew that employees working higher than six feet from the ground needed to be protected, an affidavit states, but despite his knowledge and citations and fines he failed to protect his employees.

Also at issue are four sworn affidavits regarding the signing of the alleged employment contract.

Estrada pleaded guilty in March 2021.

Investigators found an ID printer, 3,000 blank ID cards, 11 packages of laminate sleeves, three fake Social Security cards, more than 100 fake ID cards, dozens of fake OSHA cards and a passport in the name of another individual.

The rule applied to more than 80 million employees of firms that have 100 or more on the payroll.

One obvious question is: Who pays for the testing option?

the realities of Covid continue to unfold in Westchester, the Hudson Valley, Fairfield and all around the globe, as a number of government officials have tested positive for Covid in the past few weeks and court decisions and state and local mandates continue to evolve.

The federal government has sued Northern Tree Service II Inc., of Washingtonville, Orange County, for $44,284 for an unpaid fine that was levied in 2017 after an employee was killed on the job.

Estrada faces a maximum prison term of five years.

“All hell is breaking loose at the hospital, and nurses have not even gone out on strike yet,” says an official at the New York State Nurses Association.

Another new unemployment record has been set with new unemployment insurance claims filed nationwide during the past five weeks of the COVID-019 pandemic soaring...

"This new OSHA partnership ensures we have our bases covered," Viking President Anthony Gaglio Sr. said.

The contractors' violations include lack of workers’ compensation and the payment of employees in cash without maintaining required payroll records.