NEW YORK, June 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on June 25, 2024, entitled "Maine Job Openings and Labor Turnover - April 2024": * * * Maine had 40,000 job openings in April 2024, compared to 37,000 openings in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that the job openings rate in Maine was 5.7 percent in April and 5.3 pe  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A federal grand jury charged a New York man for having acted as a courier for a Dominican Republic-based "grandparent scam" that targeted elderly Americans. Victor Anthony Valdez, 39, of the Bronx, was charged with one count of wire fraud conspiracy for his role in the scam. According to the indictment, unsealed today in Newark, New Jersey, the scam operated from call centers in the Dominican Republic, mak  more

SYRACUSE, New York, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * OSHA cites A.W. Stiles Contractors Inc. for 8 serious violations * * * A construction contractor could have prevented an employee's fatal fall at a Smyrna, New York job site in December 2023 by providing adequate fall protection and training employees in its effective use, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found. Inspectors with the departme  more

NEW YORK, June 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ADEDAYO JOHN was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska to seven years in prison for his role as a leader of a money laundering and bank fraud ring that laundered millions of dollars in proceeds derived from business email compromises and r  more